Anyone travelling to Queensland for a holiday might be interested in checking out the latest content posted by the State Library of Queensland. The virtual exhibition Becoming Queensland highlights some of the specific collections held by the John Oxley library demonstrating early settlement in Queensland over a hundred years ago. Queensland is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2009 with many events throughout the State and this virtual exhibition is a perfect way to showcase and highlight aspects of early Queensland content globally.
I suggest that the exhibition would be a valuable learning resource for students learning about early Queensland history with an array of visual materials that compliment themes. Two of my favourite images relate to Queensland style. Take the time to read the content and comments by staff of the Heritage collections unit and the Historian in residence - Professor Anna Haebich who curated the Becoming Queensland exhibition as part of the John Oxley 75th celebrations in 2009. There is a lot of wonderful content, images and technologies in order to view the material.
The first image I have inserted is detail of the illustration of Great Barrier Reef corals by William Saville-Kent and the second is an early photograph of the famous Queensland verandah. The image is from the John Oxley collection of photographs and is titled
"Verandah at the Hollow, near Mackay, Queensland, ca. 1875"
