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12 May 2008
Tipplers : an image of a painting by Robert Rayment, 1889
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Picture Queensland
Images of Queensland - its people and places, past and present
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Picture Queensland holds an ever growing number of images that build a unique pictorial record of the State of Queensland. There is a mix of historical and contemporary images from urban, regional and rural Queensland.
Picture Queensland can be enjoyed by students, researchers, genealogists and anyone with an interest in Queensland's cultural heritage.
Contributors
A growing number of organisations contribute images to Picture Queensland, including Queensland public libraries and other cultural institutions. Picture Queensland also contains digitised images from the State Library's John Oxley Library, which holds the world's largest collection of photographic material relating to the history and development of Queensland.
Features
Periodically, new features are added to Picture Queensland to highlight collections and promote State Library of Queensland public programs.
State Library of Queensland buildings highlights the different buildings occupied by the State Library of Queensland over the past century.
Other digital images
For more Queensland and Australian images, visit Picture Australia [new window http://www.pictureaustralia.org/] - containing over 2,000,000 Australian images.
To find more original photographs and photograph albums you can also search Manuscripts Queensland.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander material and information accessed on this site may be culturally-sensitive to some individuals and communities. Refer to the State Library’s Protocols for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections [new window 
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More information
If you have an enquiry, you can get in touch with us in any of the following ways:
For general enquiries:
- Ask at your local Queensland public library
- Other libraries [new window http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/]
Last updated: 12th May 2008
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