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With Book Week coming up next week, the JCU Libraries might be a little more lively than usual... swipe to see what's coming!

Honour the stories, voices, and histories of First Nations creators this . 🖤💛❤️ Swipe through to discover your next great read, available now online or at the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library on our Bebegu Yumba campus. Which one are you adding to your hold list first? 👇

Staff at the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library wish you a Happy Mabo Day! On this 34th anniversary of the Mabo decision we remember the man - Eddie Koiki Mabo and his work and achievements. Everyone is welcome to visit the Mabo Library and see our current displays on level 1 which showcase materials from the Special Collections with a focus on Australian Indigenous peoples and matters. Go to the Library website to check the opening hours and visit when services are available.

National Reconciliation Week continues until this Wednesday - Mabo Day.

A great way you can take a simple step towards reconciliation is to increase your understanding of Australian Indigenous people’s history and culture. We invite you to do that by exploring the resources held by JCU Library. Pop into the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library on the Bebegu Yumba Campus in Townsville to view the Special Collections displays on level one. If you would like to know more get in touch by emailing [email protected]

Artwork Credit: Kassandra Savage, 'Coming Together and Respecting Difference', 2014. © Kassandra Savage, reproduced with permission of the artist. JCU Art Collection.

The Clock is Ticking! Creative Research Residencies available now.

Opportunity is knocking for researchers to win one of three Creative Research Residencies on offer from Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts in partnership with JCU Library Special Collections.

Applications close at 5pm AEST this Thursday - 30th April, 2026.

Read more about this opportunity and get your application in today at https://buff.ly/EUROtLh

Reach out to the Special Collections team if you have any questions about your research topic. Email [email protected]

Image credit: Victorian Lady's Sketchbook pages photographed by Michael Marzik

Castaways – Unintentional migrants as featured in the JCU Library Special Collections Origins Displays

Shipwrecks producing castaways may be familiar tropes in fiction, but they are also grounded in real events. Across Australia’s history, such events have occurred with regularity. Their occurrence in north Queensland has most often been because of close encounters with the Great Barrier Reef. Those who survived these wrecks became unintentional migrants - people cast into unfamiliar territories and cultures. Some were rescued, others were not. All were shaped by the communities they encountered, and through their stories, helped shape how the wider world came to understand the peoples with whom they lived.

Read more here: https://buff.ly/qCRfMBR

The Library services are closed today for Easter Sunday, but the buildings are open for their regular hours. We will be open tomorrow from 1pm-5pm (TSV) or 11am-3pm (CNS).

Opening Hours View opening hours for JCU Cairns and Townsville campus libraries. Opening hours vary depending on campus, study periods and public holidays.

The Library services are closed today for Good Friday, but the buildings are open for their regular hours. We will be open tomorrow from 1pm-5pm (TSV) or 11am-3pm (CNS).

Opening Hours View opening hours for JCU Cairns and Townsville campus libraries. Opening hours vary depending on campus, study periods and public holidays.

Happy April, everyone! Easter is imminent! Both Cairns and Mabo Library services are closed for Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but open weekend/public holiday hours for Saturday and Monday. The buildings will be open as per their regular hours. Check out our hours pages for more details: https://buff.ly/sJq4y7D