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Explore the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures through the photographs, manuscripts, oral histories and digital stories collections of the John Oxley Library.
State Library of Queensland commitments statement
The material displayed contains Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content and has been made available in accordance with State Library of Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections Commitments.
Read more about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander material accessed on the State Library of Queensland website
30 years Mabo v Queensland, 1992 – 2022
![5 men stand on a boat in front of an island](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/V1-FL1481559.jpg?h=6b50d033&itok=IDNZcC8j)
Hamish Cairns Palm Island Photographs 2008-2013
![Young man training with boxing gloves, Palm Island](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/A%20member%20of%20the%20Palm%20Island%20Boxing%20team.jpg?itok=xab6HGRp)
Glass Plate Negatives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
![School children exercising on Mabuiag Island, Queensland](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/School%20children%20exercising%20on%20Mabuiag%20%20Island%20resized.jpg?h=23d4866c&itok=S09pPRTp)
Michael Aird photographs 1980 - 2000
![Jagera Jarjum dancers walk onto the stage at the Woodford Folk Festival, Queensland, 1997.](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/Jagera%20Jarjum%20dancers%20Woodford%201997%20resized.jpg?itok=yHsjdGOZ)
32280 Craig Holmes Kowanyama photographs
![Council members, Kowanyama, July 1972 - June 1973.](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/Council%20members%2C%20Kowanyama%2C%20July%201972%20to%20June%201973.jpg?itok=8OL0f8LZ)
Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival Photographs 2009
![two aboriginal dancers at the Laura festival](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/V1-FL1441080.jpg?itok=Y7GmIRcz)
Jo-Anne Driessens photographs 1997 – 2000
![Members of the Cherbourg Golden Oldies, Queensland, 2001](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/Members%20of%20the%20Cherbourg%20Golden%20Oldies%202001_0.jpg?h=2907cdb7&itok=F_hLLYMF)
Bloomfield River and District Photographs 1880-1886
![Aboriginal families from the Bloomfield River Mission, ca. 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/Aboriginal%20families%20from%20the%20Bloomfield%20River%20Mission%2C%20ca.%201884.jpg?itok=88RFYi3H)
Pearl Divers, Torres Strait 1920
![Pearl Divers, Torres Strait 1920](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/2981900010001.jpg?itok=VhAyYs1H)
Reverend James Tait Scott Torres Strait Islands Papers 1870s-1890s
![29018-2 Reverend James Tait Scott Torres Strait Islands Papers](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/29018-2%20Reverend%20James%20Tait%20Scott%20Torres%20Strait%20Islands%20Papers.jpg?itok=WPRyMGta)
Invasion Day rally photographs, 2018
![Invasion Day rally](/sites/default/files/styles/slq_companion/public/Invasion%20Day%20rally.jpg?itok=-pF9eXZD)
More information
Learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and groups in Queensland available through State Library’s Interactive Queenslander Languages Map.
Access more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander online resources in the guide below.