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Defining moments

Those memorable moments from our State’s past, moments that highlight our triumphs and our hardships.

1974 Queensland floods

1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games

Abolishment of the Upper House in 1922

All chained up for women's rights (1965 at Regatta Hotel)

Arrival of Kanakas in Queensland (1879-1904)

Australia's first Aboriginal Parliamentarians

Battle of Milne Bay in 1942

Cloudland and the Bellevue Hotel demolished

Creation of the 'Brisbane Line'

Eggs and the Australian Federal Police

Fire at Whisky Au Go Go

Fitzgerald Inquiry (1987-89)

Gold discovered in Queensland (1867)

John Oxley's exploration of Moreton Bay in 1823

Mabo High Court of Australia decision

Moura Mine disasters

QANTAS takes to the air

Queen Elizabeth's 1954 tour of Australia

Queensland proclaimed as a new colony

Queensland shearers' strike of 1891

Queensland the first with free education

Queensland wins its first Sheffield Shield (1995)

Railway comes to Queensland (1865)

Redcliffe the starting place for European settlement

SEQEB strikes of 1985

Street marches banned in Queensland

US forces come to Queensland

World Expo 88

World Heritage listing of the Wet Tropics

World's first labour government takes office in Queensland

Events and festivals

Those iconic Queensland events that bring Queenslanders together to celebrate.

Australia Day Cockroach Races (Story Bridge Hotel)

Australian Festival of Chamber Music (Townsville)

Australian Italian Festival (Ingham)

B&S Balls

Beef Expo (Rockhampton)

Birdsville Races

Boulia Camel Races

Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race

Carnival of Flowers (Toowoomba)

Chinchilla Melon Festival

Coolangatta Gold

Country Music Muster (Gympie)

Dirt and Dust Festival (Julia Creek)

EKKA (Brisbane)

Goomeri Pumpkin Festival

Indy (Gold Coast)

Laura Dance Festival

Livid Music Festival (Brisbane)

Mary Poppins Festival (Maryborough)

Mount Isa Rodeo

Noosa Triathalon

Out of the Box Festival (Brisbane)

Panyiri Greek Festival (Brisbane)

Riverfire (Riverfestival)

Schoolies Week (Gold Coast)

Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Harvest Festival

State of Origin

Warana Festival (Brisbane)

Warwick Rodeo

Woodford Folk Festival

Influential artists

Those musicians, authors, actors, painters, designers, or pieces of art from Queensland that have left a lasting impression on the people of our State.

Bee Gees

Betty Churcher

Billy Thorpe

Charles Chauvel

David Malouf

Deborah Mailman

Geoffrey Rush

Gladys Moncrieff

Graeme Connors

Hugh Lunn

Judith Wright

JW Wilson

Kev Carmody

Keith Urban

Mills Sisters

Nick Earles

Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker)

Powderfinger

Rex Backhaus-Smith

Robin Gibson

Rock art galleries

Ron Hurley

Savage Garden

Steele Rudd

The Go-Betweens

The Saints

Tracey Moffatt

William Barton

William McInnes

William Robinson

Innovations and inventions

Inventions or innovative concepts that Queenslanders have pioneered.

Billabong

Biolytx Wastewater Treatment System

Blue Care (formally Blue Nurses)

Cervical cancer vaccination (Professor Ian Frazer)

Chermside Shopping Centre

Condamine Bell

Cox ride-on lawn mower

Dingo fence

Discovery of parasites in the human bloodstream

Easton Pearson

GroundProbe

Immune system research wins Nobel Prize

Kids Alive - Do the 5

Lamingtons

Lucas' Pawpaw Ointment

Mechanical cane cutter

Mt Crosby Water Treatment Plant

Multi-focal contact lens

Pneumatic broadacre air seeder

Polio treatment

Royal Flying Doctor Service

School of the Air

Scramjet 1993

Southern Cross Windmills

Stinger nets

Tilt Train

Triple P Parenting (Professor Matt Sanders)

Weis Fruit Bar

World's first underwater computer

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Locations

The towns, parks, recreation attractions in Queensland that put our State on the map.

Australia Zoo (Sunshine Coast Hinterland)

Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame (Longreach)

Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge

Big Pineapple (Nambour)

Binna Burra (Gold Coast Hinterland)

Black Stump (Blackall)

Boggo Road Gaol (Brisbane)

Breakfast Creek Hotel (Brisbane)

Bundaberg Distillery

Charters Towers

City Botanic Gardens (Brisbane)

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (Gold Coast)

Darling Downs

Gallipoli Barracks (Enoggera)

Great Dividing Range

Hervey Bay

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (Brisbane)

Mount Isa Mines

Mt Coot-tha Lookout (Brisbane)

Newstead House (Brisbane)

Noosa

Paronella Park (North Queensland)

Port Douglas

RAAF Amberley

Riversleigh

Roma Street Parklands (Brisbane)

Southbank Parklands (Brisbane)

Southbank Cultural Precinct (Brisbane)

Surfers Paradise

Yatala Pie Shop

Natural attractions

Those iconic locations in Queensland that are naturally formed.

Barron Falls

Blackall Range

Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill)

Bunya Mountains

Burke and Wills "Dig Tree"

Capricorn Caves

Carnarvon Gorge

Castle Hill (Townsville)

Combo Waterhole

Daintree Rainforest

Eungella National Park

Fraser Island

Glasshouse Mountains

Great Artesian Basin

Great Barrier Reef

Kangaroo Point Cliffs

Lamington National Park

Magnetic Island

Min Min lights

Moreton Bay

Outback Queensland

Porcupine Gorge (Hughenden)

Springbrook World Heritage listed National Park

Stradbroke Island

Tip of Cape York

Torres Strait Islands

Undara lava tubes

Virgin Rock (Springsure)

Wallaman Falls

Whitsundays

Sports legends

Those Queensland greats that have made a significant contribution to sport in our State.

Allan Border

Allan (Alfie) Langer

Anna Meares

Arthur Beetson

Ashley Cooper

Cathy Freeman

Dick Johnson

Eddie Gilbert

Frank Farina

George Moore

Glynis Nunn

Grant Hackett

Grant Kenny

Greg Norman

Gunsynd

John Eales

Karrie Webb

Keiren Perkins

Mal Meninga

Matthew Hayden

Michael Voss

Mick Doohan

Pam O'Neil

Pat Rafter

Paul McLean

Rod Laver

Steven Bradbury

Susie O'Neill

Vicki Wilson

Wally Lewis

State-shapers

Queenslanders or Queensland organisations that have influenced or made a significant contribution to Queensland.

Allan Cunningham

Archer Family

Bert Hinkler

Bruce Small

Charles Kingsford Smith

Clem Jones

Dr Stephen Simpson

Eddie Mabo

Founders of Qantas

Francis Nicklin

Isolated Children's Parents Association

James Cook

James Duhig (Archbishop)

Joh Bjelke-Petersen

John Flynn

John Oxley

Lady Diamantina

Leslie Thiess

Mayne Family

Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland

Samuel Walter Griffith

State Emergency Service

Steve Irwin

Surf Livesavers

The Moreton Bay Courier (now The Courier-Mail)

Thomas Petrie

TJ Ryan

Wayne Bennett

William Forgan Smith

Yungaba Immigration Centre

Structures and engineering feats

Those built structures in Queensland.

Brisbane City Hall

Burdekin Bridge

Burkedin Falls Dam

Commissariat Store (Brisbane)

Customs House (Brisbane)

Emerald Railway Station

Empire Theatre (Toowoomba)

Festival Hall (Brisbane)

Gateway Bridge (Brisbane)

Government House (Brisbane)

Hornibrook Highway Bridge (Redcliffe)

Hotel Corones (Charleville)

Ipswich Grammar School

Kuranda Scenic Railway (Cairns)

Old Museum (Brisbane)

Parliament House (Brisbane)

Powerlink Building (Virginia)

Q1 (Gold Coast)

Qantas Hangers (Longreach and Cloncurry)

Skyrail Rainforest Cable (Cairns)

St John's Cathedral (Brisbane)

St Mary's Church (Ipswich)

Story Bridge (Brisbane)

Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park)

The Gabba (Brisbane)

The Old Mill (Wickham Terrace)

Toowoomba Range rail

University of Queensland Great Court

Victoria Barracks (Petrie Terrace)

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Typically Queensland

What is Queensland all about? Those things, behaviours or traditions that define Queensland and its people.

Backyard BBQs

Bottle tree

Bowen mango

Brahman cattle

Buderim ginger

Bundaberg Rum

Bunya tree

Cane fields

Cane toad

Gulf barramundi

Jacaranda tree

Jackie Howe

Macadamia nut

Maroon

Moreton Bay bug

Moreton Bay fig tree

Mud crab

Pineapples

Pot of beer

Queenslander house

School ports

Shearing shed

Shingle Inn

Summer afternoon storms

Sunshine

Thongs

Togs

"Under the house"

"Waltzing Matilda"

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