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Discover Queensland's colourful and diverse history with #onthisday info & other stuff. facebook.com/pages/Queensla… Queensland, Australia Joined May 2011
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Take a trip back to 1954 and Queen Elizabeth II's first visit to Queensland with photographs and other memorabilia from our collection. ow.ly/Trzk50KGofU

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Home movies provide an initimate window into our past. This compilation of home movie footage of #QueenElizabethII was taken during her Royal tours in Queensland in 1954, 1963, 1970 and 1977. More - ow.ly/KMfI50KF4S2

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2 years ago

🎄🎅Have a very merry 60s Queensland Christmas with this home movie footage (edited) from the Don Finlay motion picture collection. ⛄ The full version plus more vintage Queensland home movies from this collection can be viewed via One Search - ow.ly/j4oo50H8YPi

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2 years ago

🎈🎈🥳 Time to celebrate! We've reached 30 million views on #Flickr Commons!!! Explore our curated collection of stunning Queensland albums covering a wide variety of themes - ow.ly/2USL50HcL6J 📸:Diving at the Valley Baths, Brisbane, Queensland, 1938

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2 years ago

🎅🎄OMG it's Santa!😲 In this 1960s home movie footage, St Nick waves to the people from his perch on the Myer Emporium (Whirters) building in Fortitude Valley. You can watch more home movies from this collection via One Search - ow.ly/JMQt50H7Lj7

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2 years ago

🌂It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! This Walt Disney Day we look back at the time when State Library achieved Hollywood celebrity status with several photographs from our collection used in a movie starring Tom Hanks (playing Walt Disney himself). ow.ly/MRhU50H3Qi9

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2 years ago

The iconic Story Bridge will soon be undergoing possibly its biggest alteration since its opening back in 1940. We have a wonderful collection of images documenting the bridge from construction onwards. View more images on our blog - ow.ly/SCIi50H2tjU

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2 years ago

🚋For those of us old enough to remember here's a little piece of nostalgia. In this snippet of film, filmmaker Bill Rahmann goes for a ride on the Oriel Park route, just prior to the closure of #Brisbane's tramways in 1969. More from this collection - ow.ly/PizQ50GWMwi

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#OTD in 1956, the Olympic torch relay passed through Brisbane on its way to its final destination, Melbourne. This footage from the George Vardas collection shows the torch relay proceeding through what we believed to be Brisbane. George Vardas collection- ow.ly/in7C50GNh4f

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2 years ago

🍍 This year marked the 50th birthday of the Big Pineapple at Woombye on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Take a train ride around the plantation with this 1978 home movie from the Beryl Clowes Collection. Watch more films from this collection - ow.ly/1yXn50GLQA7

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2 years ago

🚨Our latest oral history has just gone live! Freelance writer @dwabriz sits down in conversation with award-winning foreign correspondent @PeterGreste discussing his life, his time in an Egyptian prison and media freedom. Watch the full interview on Vimeo ow.ly/Kn7F50GL3Nc

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2 years ago

Unique footage emerges of Queensland's first rock 'n' roll band from an undescribed home movie in our collection - ow.ly/CP4l50GHYFs

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3 years ago

With the swearing-in of the 27th @QldGovernor today we take a look back to Queensland's first Governor, Sir George Bowen, and highlight several items from our collection. FUN FACT - tomorrow would be Bowen's 200th birthday. More on our blog - ow.ly/EBYe50GC6oA #qldpol

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3 years ago

Today is World #AudiovisualHeritageDay. Thanks to the generous donors to our Reel Rescue campaign, we are repairing, digitising and making our vulnerable collections available online for the whole world to enjoy. More on our blog - ow.ly/oSsk50Gx1pe #AudiovisualHeritage

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3 years ago

Sometimes our collections extend to things that never were. This includes Brisbane's failed bid for the 1992 Olympic Games. @abcbrisbane recently visited State Library to look at items related to this never-was - ow.ly/mipf50Gx55b

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3 years ago

Do you remember the old Bellevue Hotel? This elegant building stood in Brisbane's CBD from 1885 until its controversial demolition in 1979. This small snippet of home movie is from the William Henry Endres films collection. View more from this collection - ow.ly/uCl050GrNzF

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3 years ago

🕵️‍♀️Once again the canny detective skills of our Facebook followers have assisted us in identifying several mystery photographs from our collection. More to this story on our blog - ow.ly/ZWUr50GrMUZ

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3 years ago

The first successful fight for equal wages by #Aboriginal people happened on #StradrokeIsland (#Minjerribah) in 1944, a 25 year campaign👊. A little known piece of history that is now being shared by North Stradbroke Island Museum. Read our blog for more: ow.ly/bKDO50GfFGa

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3 years ago

Are you old enough to remember the Warana Festival, a precursor to the current #BrisFest? This 1979 home movie footage [edited] shows several floats passing along Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley. View more films from the Don Finlay collection - ow.ly/PTmp50GfFXw

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3 years ago

What makes our #JohnOxleyLibrary collections so rich are the donated materials about the lives of everyday Queenslanders. Our latest blog shares the story of Rae Knox's nursing career, stretching across the state to the frontlines of the #SecondWorldWar. ow.ly/Z0eP50GbuVz

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