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Discover databases, collections and stories from State Library for the study of Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Drama and Media Arts. 

News archives

NewsBank database
NewsBank
Access local, national and international news sources from all continents of the world, with coverage from as early as the 1980s through to today.
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PressReader database
PressReader
Access over 6000 top newspapers and popular magazines from over 100 countries.
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SMH and The Age Library Edition
SMH and The Age Library Editions
Access every issue of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age from 2006 onwards.
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Deaf in Dance

Experience the vibrant and rhythmically charged world of the Deaf Indigenous Dance Group (DIDG), where the art of movement becomes a powerful expression of culture, identity, and resilience.
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Deaf Indigenous Dance Group dancers rehearsing in Cairns, 2021. A dancer stand in the foreground with their arms outstreched. The background dancers are wearing string skirts over their normal clothing. The men have fur attached to their skirts and are holding prop spears.

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[Untitled], 1990. Luke Roberts An altered book. Originally Journal of the century. New York: Viking, 1976.
Australian Library of Art
The Australian Library of Art documents the fine arts in Australia and includes the largest publicly available collections of artists' books in Australia with over 1700 titles by both Australian and overseas artists.
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James C Sourris AM
James C. Sourris AM collection of artist interviews
Gain a unique insight into the life and work of contemporary Australian artists through the James C. Sourris AM collection of artist interviews.
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Sheet Music State Library
Music collections
Discover State Library’s extensive music collection including scores, popular songbooks, performance sets, sheet music and sound recordings.
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State Library of Queensland has state of the art sound equipment
80Hz Sound Lab
80Hz: Sound Lab 2.0 takes images from State Library's collection and digitally translates them into musical compositions using metadata.
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Visit The Edge

The Edge is live and digital. It is State Library’s space for creativity, ideas, and experimentation. The Edge offers a digital media lab, a professional recording studio, a MakerSpace with 3D printers, laser cutters, sewing machines, electronics and more. Find out more about the open labs, workshops and community meet-ups at The Edge and join a thriving community of creative artists.
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People using the SLQ Recording Studio

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Curriculum Connect - The Arts
Teacher resources for The Arts
Use State Library's art collections in your classroom with these comprehensive lesson plans.
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a collage of three different pages from different artists books. The first is a illustration of some people playing cricket in a park, the 2nd is type based artwork around the letter z and the last is a illustration with the words "Nothing edible ever came of it".
On-site guided excursions
Visit State Library for a guided research experience or artist's books white gloves experience and explore the Australian Library of Art showcase.
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Live at the Library
Free live-streamed research workshops
Invite State Library into your classroom to help you students with their research into the Arts.
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