Cultural and historical collections

University of Queensland Archivist Bruce Ibsen with the newly updated UQ Gatton Roll of Honour.

Archivist uncovers UQ stories for 100 Years of ANZAC

A story about work by University Archivist, Bruce Ibsen. Between 2014-2018 Bruce uncovered stories of UQ ANZACs and helped contribute to a number of projects.

First and Second World War badges from Australian fundraising groups

Uncovering Australian War Appeal badges

An assortment of First and Second World War badges from the Father Leo Hayes Collection, reveal fundraising activities that occurred in Australia to support the war effort and are a reminder that conflict is not without cost.

Dorothy Hill manuscript selection depicting images of corals and written text

Rugosa Coral and Creativity by Ashley Haywood

Dr Ashley Haywood, 2017 UQ Library Creative Writing Fellow, discusses influences from the Fryer Library on her poetry.

Covers of the First Australians readers by Geraldine Mackenzie, 1951

Indigenous Literacy history found in the Fryer manuscript collection

Those Imperishable Names… Walde Gerard Fisher and Charles Robertson Wonderley

Remembering Walde Gerard Fisher (1894-1918) and Charles Robertson Wonderley (1894-1918) friends and students together at The University of Queensland who both graduated with firsts in Classics on the same day and who lost their lives on this day 100 years ago