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Explore the State Library's unique treasures and collections representing different aspects of Queensland's social history and contemporary stories.

landscape drawing of 2 houses, trees, rainbow, sun and unicorn.

Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM Children's Art archive

Discover a collection of drawings made by children in Australia, Vietnam and China between 1986 and 2016.

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Family on the beach

Bennett Family Films 1956-1988

Watch 16mm home movie films documenting family life in Brisbane in the 1950s-1970s.

Women's Central Queensland Separation League petition scroll

Central Queensland Separation League Petition

A petition signed by women in Central Queensland in support of the separation of Central Queensland to form a new state.

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A section of the 'Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party' - a handwritten page

Charles Seymour Papers 1880-1924

Explore the manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party, regarded as a formative document of the Australian Labor Party.

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Red Hall Tomato Sauce label

Commercial label collection

Explore 32 commercial labels produced by Queensland businesses.

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Rainbow lorikeet illustration from Margaret Lawrie Collection of Torres Strait Islands Material.

Margaret Lawrie collection

Explore stories, artworks and research from the Torres Strait, including materials behind Myths and Legends of Torres Strait.

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Mary Watson diary and loose-leaf account, 1881.

Mary Watson diaries

Diaries kept by Mary Watson about her life and death, along with information about her family.

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Page from Portrait of an Australian (ed. 6/10), 1998.

Portrait of an Australian

A reconstructed passport artwork that tells an autobiographical journey of migration, identity and becoming Australian.

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3 Laughing Kookaburras

The Queenslander

Explore The Queenslander, a weekly newspaper with regional news and illustrated covers.

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Coloured estate map of Caloundra Bullock Estate, featuring a light house and the Bribie Island Passage

Real Estate map collection

Discover colourful real estate maps created between the mid-1800s and mid-1900s to promote Queensland land sales.

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Stable Collection 1917-1991

Discover records collected by J.J. Stable in his role as the Senior Assistant Censor in Queensland during WWI.

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A black and white cartoon depicting Tony Fitzgerald holding the head of a pineapple in one hand, and a saber in the other. The cartoon reveals that inside the pineapple, are swathes of cane toads and snakes. The image is a metaphor for Tony Fitzgerald uncovering Queensland's corruption.

Tony Fitzgerald Collection 1984-2009

Explore magazine and articles, artworks, photographs and memorabilia related to Tony Fitzgerald and the Fitzgerald Enquiry.

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Landing Echo

Samuel Watson's powerful poem commemorates John Oxley's landing, aiming to include the voices of First Nations people.