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John Oxley Library Open Day 4 Jun 2011

The John Oxley Library is the State Library of Queensland's collection of material documenting Queensland's history, development and cultural life.Celebrate Queensland Week at State Library of Queensland’s John Oxley Library Open Day by discovering surprising things about our state’s history. Take a Curator’s tour of exhibitions, watch a great debate, delve into the collections, go behind the scenes and hear about Queensland’s memory from one of our experts. Come along to stimulate your curiosity and discover things you never knew about the Sunshine State!

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/calevents/jol/jolod11/

Is Queensland different? A great debate

We take a light-hearted look at ourselves in this lively debate with a panel including The Courier-Mail’s QWeekend editor and author Matt Condon, historian and ABC Radio National producer Dr Kate Evans, and prize-winning author and historian Dr Raymond Evans.

When: Sat 4 Jun 2011, 12:30 pm - 01:30 pm Venue: State Library of Queensland, slq Auditorium 1, level 2 Cost: Free Bookings: No bookings required

Image:  Picking pineapples on a plantation in the Glass House Mountains in 1956 (Source: Picture Queensland)