Featured collections
Wetlands with suburban houses in the background.
Annual reports: Environmental Protection Agency Queensland

Statutory reports relating to the administration of the Environmental Act 1994. 

Kauri Avenue, trees planted by José Paronella.
Queensland Conservation Council Records ca 1976-2000

Information relating to the Queensland conservation movement.

Central West Queensland landscape
Adapting to climate change: a Queensland local government guide

A guide to help Queensland Councils assess the impacts of climate change on their roles and responsibilities.  

Boys carrying a bundle of cabbage palm leaves in Kownayama community
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander heritage

Produced by the EPA, this book covers Queensland's Indigenous heritage, plus significant and archaeological places. 

Koala sitting in gumtree.
Threatened Species Program 2020-2040

Program aims to deliver coordinated actions to identify, protect and recover threatened species.

Marjorie Clelland with giant spear lily
National Parks Association of Queensland archive

The archive contains significant historical records documenting the impact of the creation of national parks in Australia.

Two buried protestors and three other protestors standing around during the Daintree Road blockade, August 1984.
Daintree Blockade photographs

The protests paved the way for World Heritage status of the Daintree Rainforest, FN Queensland.

Fraser Island Defence Organisation (FIDO) Records and Photographs

Correspondence, photographs, agendas, minutes, financial records, news cuttings and reports.

Steve holing a goanna in the Queensland bush
Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland material

Material from the largest and oldest wildlife-focused conservation group in the State.

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Related exhibitions
Eucalyptus resinifera, Exotic Botany, 1804-1805.
Entwined: plants and people

Explore stories about people and plants in Queensland and discover the masterpieces of botanical illustration in our collections.

A visit to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef home movie.
Tourism posters  

Access a vast collection of tourism posters promoting Queensland in the John Oxley Library.

Digital Collections Catalyst map interface
Mapping future Brisbane

How can historic maps of Brisbane’s past be used to inform its possible futures?

From the blog
Visitors admiring the plantings on the platform at Kuranda Railway Station, Kuranda, Queensland, 1970
Blogs from Entwined: plants and people

Explore stories about people and plants in Queensland and discover the masterpieces of botanical illustration in our collections.

‘It was their baby’ - Land ballots and the Fitzroy Basin Brigalow Development Scheme

The Qld government borrowed $23m to develop 4.5 million HA of the brigalow belt 1963 -1976.

Gale, Ron. (2003). People Swimming near Sea Birds on Michaelmas Cay, Part of the Great Barrier Reef, 1987, Collection reference: 7435 Ron and Ngaire Gale Collection.
The Ron and Ngaire Gale Photographic collection: Treasure collection of the John Oxley Library

Slides and transparencies of North Queensland including Cape York, Gulf, Cairns and Whitsundays.

Research from past Fellows
2020 John Oxley Library Fellows. Research Reveals: Women of the Great Barrier Reef
Research Reveals: Women of the Great Barrier Reef

Join our 2020 John Oxley Library Fellows as they share their research from the year.

Liquid Gold: the history of the Great Artesian Basin in Queensland

Join our 2014 John Oxley Library Fellow, Tom Blake as he shares his research from the year.

Land ballot for reclaimed princkly-pear blocks Chinchilla 1931
Research Reveals: Land ballots in Queensland

2018 John Oxley Library Fellow, Dr. Jennifer Moffatt shares her research from the year.