Celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day (4 August) with digitised images of the Bloomfield River / Wujal Wujal area from John Oxley Library collections. Wujal Wujal Elders have recently provided cultural clearance for many images to go live in State Library’s catalogue One Search. Historic photographs that provide unique views of school life, swimming in the … Read more
As part of the Pitch In! digital volunteering program, volunteers have been carefully transcribing the World War 1 letters and postcards of Maurice George Delpratt. Delpratt fought at Gallipoli and was taken prisoner by the Turks on 28 June 1915. He was officially listed as missing in action and his family informed in July that … Read more
SLQ’s new digital volunteer program Pitch In! is a opportunity for anyone, anywhere to add value to our digital collections and get involved in Queensland’s history. Transcribing historical documents and adding keywords to photographs has always been highly valued ‘behind-the-scenes’ work for staff and volunteers at the library but now many of these tasks can … Read more
