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unusual facts about Queensland Government



2004 Palm Island death in custody

After the trial concluded the Union released advertisements against the Beattie Queensland government, comparing the government to Robert Mugabe and his government.

David Fleay Wildlife Park

In order to ensure the future survival of the sanctuary, David and Sigrid Fleay sold a large portion of the reserve (37 acres) to the Queensland Government in 1982, which became a Conservation Park.

Emerald Tower, Brisbane

The Queensland Government agreed, and on 20 July 2004, Queensland Planning Minister Desley Boyle used her powers to take over the assessment process for the development.

National New Media Art Award

The Premier of Queensland's National New Media Art Award is a biennial, invitational Australian art award for works of new media art, instituted in 2008 under the auspices of the Queensland Government and the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art at the Queensland Art Gallery.

Sunnybank State High School

Sunnybank State High School is a Queensland Government State School located in the suburb of Sunnybank, approximately 15 kilometres south of the city of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia.

UAV Outback Challenge

In 2010 the UAV Challenge was organised by ARCAA (QUT and CSIRO), Queensland Government and Aviation Development Australia Limited.

It was sponsored by Queensland Government, had the assistance of Ipswich City Council, and technical staff from Boeing, UAS Pacific and Skills Queensland.

Zamia staggers

The disease has been known in Australia since the 1860s and was the subject of a Queensland Government investigation during the 1890s.


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Charles Rappolt

After his recovery he sought A$295 000 in damages from the Queensland government, arguing that his stint in Parliament had left him a psychotic manic depressive.

City of Caloundra

In 1868, the Queensland Government opened up large areas of land for settlement in the Caloundra area which became home to pioneers and timber cutters seeking red cedar wood.

Jack Wilkie-Jans

In 2013 Jack appeared on the National Indigenous Television news program speaking out against the Queensland Government's decision to reverse their initial decision to cut funding to the Noel Pearson Welfare Reform Trials in the Western Cape.

Karl Theodor Staiger

Karl Theodor Staiger worked as a chemist for the Queensland Government 1873-80 and worked with Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay.

Mission Beach, Queensland

Opium addiction and conflict with European settlers was resolved by the Queensland government creating an Aboriginal settlement at the present Mission Beach.

Queensland Gallery of Modern Art

In July 2002, Sydney-based company Architectus was commissioned by the Queensland Government following an Architect Selection Competition, to design the Gallery's second site, the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA).

Robert Logan Jack

Robert Logan Jack (16 September 1845 – 6 November 1921) was Queensland government geologist for twenty years.

Romnalda

Cooper Creek (P.I.Forster+ PIF4402) Qld Herbarium – only found in a few isolated locations around Cooper Creek, Wet Tropics region, north-eastern Queensland; and has obtained the Queensland government's official conservation status listing of "vulnerable" species.