Discover the latest collections and share your stories and photos. Some recent additions to the collection include Brisbane gigs, Queensland postcards, Greek Cafes in Queensland and Victory in the Pacific.

Play fun online games and quizzes featuring our rich collections including our latest Summer Holidays quiz and memory game

Embark on an interactive journey from World War One to today inside the Anzac Square Memorial Galleries - exploring the extraordinary true stories of courage, resilience, sacrifice and duty that underpin the Queensland war experience.

Explore a selection of home movies donated to the John Oxley Library capturing the essence of Queensland domestic life. Through support from the Queensland Library Foundation and the Reel Rescue campaign, the Library is able to preserve fragile and deteriorating moving images and make them accessible now and into the future. 

Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform that offers films and documentaries. It also includes Kanopy Kids, which now offers unlimited plays.

Free with State Library membership

Delve into the lives of five Queensland women who’ve challenged the status quo and inspired change. There’s no dry historical facts or yawn-worthy monologues; we’re getting wild.

Enjoy this curated list of songs and albums inspired by the holidays from Music Online - a music database which includes sheet music, video, audio and reference material.

Free with State Library membership

Until recently, few Australians were aware that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people served in the First World War Over 1,000 enlisted, and almost 300 of them were Queenslanders. Explore the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experience of WW1 with Indigenous Languages Coordinator Des Crump.

During the 1860s a group of women came to Queensland from Britain with the support of the Female Middle Class Emigration Society. Find out who they were and how they fared with our latest family history recorded webinar. 

Get the latest news and read articles from a range of topics from John Oxley Library to Make, art and design.

Spend you summer writing! black&write! is here for all First Nation writers and editors.The black&write! Writing Fellowships are offered annually to two Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers.

Join the free Summer Reading Club and let fairy tales, myths and legends light up your child’s imagination this summer.

State Library provides access to thousands of ebooks through One Search, the library catalogue.

Free with State Library membership

An amazing adventure through science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. Includes the complete run of the magazine from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos, and images.

Free with State Library membership

Visit our online shop and discover a wonderful selection of Queensland's best established and emerging authors.

Did you know there are over 150 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language groups in Queensland? State Library of Queensland supports communities in the revival, documentation and preservation of traditional languages.

If your walls could talk, ever wondered what tales they’d tell?  Find out how to research the history of your house.  Access video guides and online resources.

State Library of Queensland staff can help answer your questions and offer research guidance.