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A brief history of the Australian Library of Art

23 April 2021

Libraries change over time as they develop and grow and State Library of Queensland is…

Black and white photo of nine women in bathing costumes standing in line at the waters edge in 1939

Women and beach culture in Queensland: From ladies “on the reel” to the bathing beauty controversy of 1938

16 February 2021

During the 1920s and 1930s details of beach holidays and their various accompanying entertainments filled…

Black and white photo of a gathering of people around the stumps of a building

Stump capping ceremonies: laying the foundation of the Queensland weatherboard building

14 December 2020

Ritual is an important part of our lives. The beginning and completion of projects are…

Cartoon of unhappy man sitting at a table with five devil-like characters representing poverty disease war debt and unemployment The title is The germs of revolution

Flu pandemic 1919: “the enemy at the gates”

1 December 2020

The flu pandemic became apparent in Europe in 1918 as the war was ending. Young…

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The challenge of a Brisbane ‘model suburb’ in Newmarket 1933-1935

19 November 2020

In 1933, during the Depression, Andrew Lind and William Abel Gray, contractors and risk takers,…

3 men fire fighting in the bush at Mountain Park property

From Sticks and Wet bags to Aircraft – Fighting Bush Fires through the Decades.

6 July 2020

Early Australian bushmen beat fires out with sticks and wet bags or canvas and created…