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The history of Queensland encompasses both a long Aboriginal Australian presence as well as the more recent periods of European colonisation and as a state of Australia. [1] Before being charted and claimed for the Kingdom of Great Britain by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770, the coast of north-eastern Australia was explored by Dutch and French ...
The Colony of Queensland was a colony of the British Empire from 1859 to 1901, when it became a State in the federal Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. At its greatest extent, the colony included the present-day State of Queensland , the Territory of Papua and the Coral Sea Islands Territory .
Pages in category "History of Queensland" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Queensland Labor: 24 April 1957 12 August 1957 110 days 12. 20th Ted Theodore (1884–1950) Labor: Chillagoe (1912–1925) 22 October 1919 26 February 1925 5 years, 127 days 1920 1923 13. 17th William Kidston (1849–1919) Labor: Rockhampton (1932–1960) 19 January 1906 18 May 1907 1 year, 119 days: 4 years, 262 days 1907 1908 1909 Kidston: 18 ...
With a total area of 1,729,742 square kilometres (715,309 square miles), Queensland is an expansive state with a highly diverse range of climates and geographical features. If Queensland were an independent nation, it would be the world's 16th largest. Queensland's eastern coastline borders the Coral Sea, an arm of the
The Torres Strait Islands were specifically annexed to Queensland. [34] [35] 17 June 1880 Macquarie Island was made a constituent part of the Colony of Tasmania through Letters Patent for the Governor of Tasmania. [36] 4 April 1883 Queensland claimed southeast New Guinea as a dependency, though the British government rejected the claim. [37] 6 ...
The Royal Historical Society of Queensland (RHSQ) is a historical society founded in Brisbane, Australia in 1913.It promotes the study of Australian history especially that of Queensland and adjacent Pacific islands.
The redevelopment of South Bank, started with the monumental Robin Gibson-designed Queensland Cultural Centre, with the first stage the Queensland Art Gallery completed in 1982, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in 1985, and the Queensland Museum in 1986. Between the late 1970s and mid-1980s, Brisbane was the focus of early land rights ...