Cultural and historical collections

Did you know that there was a 3-hole golf course at St Lucia campus in the 1950s? Bruce Ibsen, University Archivist, explains with information and photos from the UQ Archives.

Fifty years on, we take a look back at the third and final Moratorium demonstration held around Australia, protesting compulsory conscription and Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.

We are pleased to announce Dr Kylie Boltin as the Fryer Library’s Creative Writing Fellow for 2021.

The way you access Fryer Library materials in the FW Robinson Reading Room has changed. Find out about our new opening hours and how to book an appointment in this blog post.

We are pleased to announce the Fryer Library Fellow for 2020 is Dr N.A.J. Taylor.

As part of The University of Queensland's NAIDOC Festival 2020, we were joined by Professor Tracey Bunda, Professor Sandra Phillips and Mia Strasek-Barker, the Library's Reconciliation Action Plan Officer to discuss Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander related material from the Fryer collections.