Politics of Queensland
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One of the six founding states of Australia, Queensland has been a federated state subject to the Australian Constitution since 1 January 1901. It is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The const
Parliament House, seat of the Queensland Parliament
Government House, seat of the Governor
Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, headquarters of the Supreme Court of Queensland and District Court of Queensland
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Queensland
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Queensland is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most-populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the wes
Politics of Queensland
…typically has the National Party as the junior partner. Referendum results in Queensland Results of referendums Year No. Name National Voters States QLD 1906 1 Senate Elections 82.65% 6:0 76.84% 1910 2 State Debts 54.95% 5:1 33.34% 3 Surplus Revenue 49.04% 3:3 54.58% 1911 4 Trade and Commerce 39.42% 1:5…
Captain James Cook claims the east coast of Australia for the Kingdom of Great Britain at Possession Island in 1770
The peninsula of Seventeen Seventy, Queensland, where Captain Cook landed in 1770
Fighting between Burke and Wills's supply party and Aboriginal Australians at Bulla in 1861
Aftermath of the 1861 Cullin-La-Ringo massacre in which 19 settlers were killed by Aboriginal people, the deadliest attack on settlers in the frontier wars