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List of Queensland's Q150 Icons

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The Queensland's Q150 Icons list of cultural icons was compiled as part of Q150 celebrations in 2009 by the Government of Queensland, Australia. It represented the people, places and events that were significant to Queensland's first 150 years.

History

A list of 300 nominations for Queensland cultural icons was compiled by the Queensland Government, organised into 10 categories, and then the Queensland public were invited to vote to produce a final list of 150 icons. The final list was announced on 10 June 2009 by the Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, as part of the Q150 celebration of Queensland's foundation.{{Cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|title=PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS|last=Bligh|first=Anna|author-link=Anna Bligh|date=10 June 2009|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524033717/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|archive-date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017}}

State shapers

This list is for people and organisations that are significant to Queensland.

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|Yungaba Immigration Centre

2

|Steve Irwin

3

|Surf Lifesavers

4

|Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen

5

|Leslie Thiess{{Cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/thiess-sir-leslie-charles-les-17797|title=Thiess, Sir Leslie Charles (Les) (1909–1992)|last=Bell|first=Peter|date=2016|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630071544/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/thiess-sir-leslie-charles-les-17797|archive-date=2017-06-30|url-status=live|access-date=24 May 2017}}

6

|Founders of Qantas

7

|Clem Jones

8

|Eddie Mabo

9

|State Emergency Service

10

|John Flynn

11

|Charles Kingsford Smith

12

|James Cook

13

|Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland

14

|Isolated Children's Parents Association{{Cite web|url=http://www.icpa.com.au/|title=ISOLATED CHILDREN'S PARENTS' ASSOCIATION|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524101410/http://www.icpa.com.au/|archive-date=2017-05-24|url-status=live|access-date=24 May 2017}}

15

|Wayne Bennett

Influential artists

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|Bee Gees

2

|Powderfinger

3

|Geoffrey Rush

4

|Keith Urban

5

|Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker)

6

|Steele Rudd

7

|Judith Wright

8

|Billy Thorpe

9

|Hugh Lunn

10

|Savage Garden

11

|Gladys Moncrieff

12

|Graeme Connors

13

|William McInnes

14

|David Malouf

15

|Charles Chauvel

Sports legends

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|Wally Lewis

2

|Cathy Freeman

3

|Pat Rafter

4

|Rod Laver

5

|Allan Border

6

|Greg Norman

7

|Susie O'Neill

8

|Dick Johnson

9

|Allan Langer

10

|Gunsynd

11

|Mal Meninga

12

|Grant Hackett

13

|Matthew Hayden

14

|Kieren Perkins

15

|Mick Doohan

Locations

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|Australia Zoo (Sunshine Coast Hinterland)

2

|Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame (Longreach)

3

|Surfers Paradise

4

|Bundaberg Rum Distillery

5

|Big Pineapple (Nambour)

6

|South Bank Parklands (Brisbane)

7

|Noosa

8

|Breakfast Creek Hotel (Brisbane)

9

|Yatala Pie Shop

10

|Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge

11

|Paronella Park (North Queensland)

12

|Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (Brisbane)

13

|Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (Gold Coast)

14

|Great Dividing Range

15

|Darling Downs

Natural attractions

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|Great Barrier Reef

2

|Fraser Island

3

|Glass House Mountains

4

|Whitsundays

5

|Daintree Rainforest

6

|Outback Queensland

7

|Carnarvon Gorge

8

|Stradbroke Island

9

|Lamington National Park

10

|Bunya Mountains

11

|Moreton Bay

12

|Barron Falls

13

|Springbrook National Park

14

|Magnetic Island

15

|Undara Lava Tubes

Structures and engineering feats

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|Story Bridge (Brisbane)

2

|Kuranda Scenic Railway (Cairns)

3

|XXXX Brewery (Brisbane)

4

|Brisbane City Hall

5

|Skyrail Rainforest Cableway (Cairns)

6

|Gateway Bridge (Brisbane)

7

|Lang Park (Brisbane)

8

|Q1 (Gold Coast)

9

|The Gabba (Brisbane)

10

|The University of Queensland Great Court

11

|St John's Cathedral (Brisbane)

12

|Old Museum (Brisbane)

13

|Qantas Hangars (Longreach and Cloncurry)

14

|Hornibrook Bridge (Redcliffe)

15

|Burdekin Falls Dam

Defining moments

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|World Expo '88 (1988)

2

|1974 Queensland floods

3

|Qantas takes to the air (1920)

4

|1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games

5

|Mabo High Court of Australia decision (1992)

6

|Fitzgerald Inquiry (1987–89)

7

|Queensland proclaimed as a new colony (1859)

8

|Gold discovered in Queensland (1858)

9

|World Heritage listing of the Wet Tropics (1988)

10

|Queensland wins its first Sheffield Shield (1995)

11

|Bellevue Hotel and Cloudland demolished (1979 and 1982)

12

|Queensland the first with free education

13

|Australia's first Aboriginal Parliamentarians: Neville Bonner (1971)

14

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

15

|Railway comes to Queensland (1865)

Innovations and inventions

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|Royal Flying Doctor Service

2

|Cervical cancer vaccination (Professor Ian Frazer)

3

|Polio treatment

4

|Blue Care (formerly Blue Nurses)

5

|School of the Air

6

|Billabong

7

|Lamington

8

|Kids Alive - Do the Five{{Cite web|url=https://kidsalive.com.au/|title=Kids Alive - Do The Five|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810232819/https://kidsalive.com.au/|archive-date=2017-08-10|url-status=live|access-date=24 May 2017}}

9

|Lucas' Pawpaw Ointment{{Cite web|url=http://lucaspapaw.com.au/|title=Lucas' Papaw Remedies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605130714/http://lucaspapaw.com.au/|archive-date=2017-06-05|url-status=live|access-date=24 May 2017}}

10

|Weis Fruit Bar

11

|Immune system research wins Nobel Prize

12

|Southern Cross windmills{{Cite web|url=http://www.southerncross.pentair.com.au/product/market/pumps/windmills/iz-series/|title=IZ Windmill|website=Pentair Southern Cross|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407121952/http://www.southerncross.pentair.com.au/product/market/pumps/windmills/iz-series/|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=25 May 2017}}

13

|Tilt train

14

|Dingo fence

15

|wotif.com.au

Events and festivals

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|Ekka (Brisbane)

2

|State of Origin series

3

|Birdsville Races

4

|RiverFire (Riverfestival)

5

|Woodford Folk Festival

6

|Carnival of Flowers (Toowoomba)

7

|Country Music Muster (Gympie)

8

|Indy (Gold Coast)

9

|Apple and Grape Harvest Festival (Stanthorpe)

10

|B&S Balls

11

|Beef Australia (Rockhampton)

12

|Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race

13

|Mount Isa Rodeo

14

|Paniyiri Greek Festival (Brisbane)

15

|Noosa Triathlon

Typically Queensland

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|Backyard BBQs

2

|Queenslander house

3

|XXXX beer

4

|Bundy Rum (and bear)

5

|Sunshine

6

|Bowen mango

7

|Summer afternoon storms

8

|"Waltzing Matilda"

9

|Macadamia nut

10

|Maroon

11

|Jacaranda tree

12

|Cane fields

13

|Cane toad

14

|Thongs

15

|Mud crab

References

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External links

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