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Neon sign for the Surfer's Paradise Hotel, Gold Coast, 1973

27302 John Gollings Gold Coast Photographs, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image number 27302-0001-0023.

(view the collection here: LINK)

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Neon sign for the Pink Poodle Motel, Gold Coast, 1973

27302 John Gollings Gold Coast Photographs, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image number 27302-0001-0023.

(view the collection here: LINK)

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In times of war, our furry companions often work side by side with armed forces. In World War One, dogs were used as part of the Red Cross to bring wounded soldiers away from the frontlines, smaller dogs would live amongst the trenches as "ratters" to keep vermin populations and disease lower, and messenger dogs would run communications from the trenches to deliver information up the chain of command.

In 1943, the Dickin medal was created to award displays of outstanding gallantry or service by animals in wartime. According to the Australian War Memorial (Source), 74 animals have been recipients of this honour, and of those 74, 37 were dogs.

Image credit: Page 21 of The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 10 March 1917 (link to catalogue record)

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Merry Christmas from State Library, if it’s something you celebrate! 

Christmas in Australia,  Negative number: 153336 (LINK)

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Here's prosperity: Santa Claus holds up a large watering can to catch the falling rain.

In Queensland, Christmas is known as a time of hot weather and often much-needed summer storms. Many Queenslanders mark the celebration by taking family trips to the beach to beat the heat. 

Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, December 20, 1928. (LINK)

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Christmas poster featuring a koala dressed in Santa hat and boots ca 1920. (LINK)

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Christmas cards have faced a somewhat disappointing process of homogeneity throughout the 20th and 21st Century, so we will be sharing several of our colourful and somewhat odd Christmas cards of years past for the weeks leading up to Christmas!

Christmas greetings from Queensland, Negative number: 193102 (LINK)

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Great resources! May we add a few more?

https://archive.org/

https://trove.nla.gov.au/

Do you enjoy free, open source, high resolution images of some of the most spectacular artworks in history? That you can use for whatever you want including commercial work?

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio?ii=0&p=0&from=2023-11-20T02%3A30%3A57.86552

How about high resolution downloadable photographs with clearly defined copyright, scanned historical texts, maps, journals, and manuscript letters?

https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/

and, if you can, don't forget to sign up to your own library!

Public, State, and even National Libraries get subscriptions to paid archival resources and online databases, and supply those resources to you completely for free. For every use by library members, libraries are able to prove their importance to the community and thereby continue to receive funding to keep supplying you with free access to those resources.

oops! it seems i tripped and dropped several million free books, papers, and other resources

https://annas-archive.org

https://sci-hub.se

https://z-lib.is

https://libgen.is

https://libgen.rs

https://www.pdfdrive.com

https://library.memoryoftheworld.org

https://monoskop.org/Monoskop

https://libcom.org

https://libretexts.org

http://classics.mit.edu

https://librivox.org

https://standardebooks.org

https://www.gutenberg.org

https://core.ac.uk

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Well that's certainly one way to deal with those pesky bin chickens!

Recipe for stewed ibis, excerpt from Australian enquiry book of household and general information : a practical guide for the cottage, villa and bush home : recipes and information upon everything and for everybody by Mrs Lance Rawson.

Published in 1894, this book contains instructions on everything from building your own homestead to cooking the local Queensland wildlife. You can access the whole book for free online HERE.

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Happy October, everyone!

We're deep in the heart of spring here in the Southern Hemisphere, but we're still getting into the spooky spirit of the Harvest season for our Northern Hemisphere friends!

Reverend Klundenst standing amongst local produce during a Harvest Festival at Beaudesert Methodist Church, Beaudesert, Queensland, ca. 1915. 30119 Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Queensland Records 1884-2005, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, image number 30119-0076-0001.

View the image in high res here: LINK

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Happy Spooky Season!

Pumpkin harvesting on a farm near Marburg, 1920, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Negative number 39973.

View the image in high res here: LINK

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There is something uniquely charming about historical photos of fancy dress costumes. Amongst this group of creatively dressed individuals are Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill, and Little Red Riding Hood. But our personal favourites are the witchy little ladies at the back.

Costume day at St. James' Presbyterian Church Sunday School, Bowen, ca. 1912, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Negative number: 25394.

You can access the high res of this image here: LINK

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What on earth did we miss in Our Flag Means Death for this to be a spoiler?

Our librarians have decided, without reading any of the 16th century Latin, that this image must be attempting to portray… A monkfish.

Illustration from the Ortus Sanitatis: de herbis & plantis (1511). From the Rare Books Collection, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.

Source

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We're getting spooky!

We love this iconic photograph, published on the cover of the Queenslander in October 1938.

You can find her in high resolution over here: LINK

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Happy October!

Two men participating in a harvest festival exhibit, ca. 1920, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.

View the full image here: LINK

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It's October, so you know what that means!

Well, in Queensland it means we're already well on our way towards Summer time, but in honour of our friends in the Northern hemisphere, here's a decidedly Stephen King-esque photo of a Harvest Festival display in a church in Warwick, circa 1930.

May you all have a cozy, spooky season!

Interior of a church, with a harvest festival display, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image number: 27814-0001-0107.

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Rollerskating in Rockhampton Queensland, ca. 1915. From collection M946 Brett and Burley Family Records (LINK)

At the Library we love to look at seemingly innocuous photographs like this one and tease out some of those details - like the gentleman doing a showy turn on his skates, and the sign prohibiting fast skating in the rink!