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Library Archives Collection

The Library Archives are a collection of the records of business, industry, educational and religious institutions, unions, associations, organisations and societies relating to north Queensland and the tropics. The records of individuals (literary, political, business and academic) are also collected.

North Queensland Collection

The NQ Collection consists primarily of published information resources which deal, in whole or in part, with some aspect of north Queensland.

Rare Book Collection

The Rare Book Collection, mostly created via donation, contains a broad range of rare books covering a wide range of topics, many connected to north Queensland and the tropics.

Reverend Frederic Charles Hall Photographic Collection

Photographs taken by the Reverend Frederic Charles Hall (1878-1926) during the period 1902-1909 when he was Anglican Curate appointed to Georgetown in north Queensland.

Shaw Collection of Australian Art & Culture

The Shaw Collection consists of books, and a small selection of periodicals, which focus on Australian art and culture as selected by generous donor, Miss Edna Shaw (1924-2019). The collection contains many rare and significant monographs, including limited editions and large folio size items.

Sir Charles Maurice Yonge Collection

This collection primarily consists of the private library of Sir Charles Maurice Yonge, highly distinguished marine zoologist. It includes works published from the early eighteenth to the twentieth century. The subject range represented is overall marine, with malacology a strong subject area. Many other marine subjects are also represented, such as oceanography, fisheries, marine biology, marine botany and zoology, biographies, records of major scientific expeditions, history, marine fiction, anthologies and poetry.