Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The Brisbane Public Library was established by the government of the Colony of Queensland in 1896, and was renamed the Public Library of Queensland in 1898. The library was opened to the public in 1902.
In 1934, the Oxley Memorial Library (now the John Oxley Library),[3] and named for the explorer John Oxley, opened as a centre for research and study relating specifically to Queensland. The Libraries Act of 1943 established the Library Board of Queensland to manage the Public Library of Queensland; three years later, under the terms of The Oxley Memorial Library of Queensland Act, it took over management of the Oxley Memorial Library as well.
The old State Library with extension, built in the late 1950s
A year after that, James L. Stapleton was appointed Queensland’s first State Librarian. He remains the longest-serving CEO, and has been followed by four others, including Sydney Lawrence (Lawrie)