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, objects 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.
State shapers This list is for people and organisations that are significant to Queensland.
1Yungaba Immigration Centre2Steve Irwin3Surf Lifesavers4Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen5Leslie Thiess6Founders of Qantas7Clem Jones8Eddie Mabo9State Emergency Service10John Flynn11Charles Kingsford Smith12James Cook13Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland14Isolated Children's Parents Association15Wayne Bennett
Influential artists
1Bee Gees2Powderfinger3Geoffrey Rush4Keith Urban5Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker)6Steele Rudd7Judith Wright8Billy Thorpe9Hugh Lunn10Savage Garden11Gladys Moncrieff12Graeme Connors13William McInnes14David Malouf15Charles Chauvel
Sports legends
1Wally Lewis2Cathy Freeman3Pat Rafter4Rod Laver5Allan Border6Greg Norman7Susie O'Neill8Dick Johnson9Allan Langer10Gunsynd11Mal Meninga12Grant Hackett13Matthew Hayden14Kieren Perkins15Mick Doohan
Locations
1Australia Zoo (Sunshine Coast Hinterland)2Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame (Longreach)3Surfers Paradise4Bundaberg Rum Distillery5Big Pineapple (Nambour)6South Bank Parklands (Brisbane)7Noosa8Breakfast Creek Hotel (Brisbane)9Yatala Pie Shop10Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge11Paronella Park (North Queensland)12Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (Brisbane)13Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (Gold Coast)14Great Dividing Range15Darling Downs
Natural attractions
1Great Barrier Reef2K'gari 3Glass House Mountains4Whitsundays5Daintree Rainforest6Outback Queensland7Carnarvon Gorge8Stradbroke Island9Lamington National Park10Bunya Mountains11Moreton Bay12Barron Falls13Springbrook National Park14Magnetic Island15Undara Lava Tubes
Structures and engineering feats
1Story Bridge (Brisbane)2Kuranda Scenic Railway (Cairns)3XXXX Brewery (Brisbane)4Brisbane City Hall5Skyrail Rainforest Cableway (Cairns)6Gateway Bridge (Brisbane)7Lang Park (Brisbane)8Q1 (Gold Coast)9The Gabba (Brisbane)10The University of Queensland Great Court11St John's Cathedral (Brisbane)12Old Museum (Brisbane)13Qantas Hangars (Longreach and Cloncurry)14Hornibrook Bridge (Redcliffe)15Burdekin Falls Dam
Defining moments
1World Expo '88 (1988)21974 Queensland floods3Qantas takes to the air (1920)41982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games5Mabo High Court of Australia decision (1992)6Fitzgerald Inquiry (1987–89)7Queensland proclaimed as a new colony (1859)8Gold discovered in Queensland (1858)9World Heritage listing of the Wet Tropics (1988)10Queensland wins its first Sheffield Shield (1995)11Bellevue Hotel and Cloudland demolished (1979 and 1982)12Queensland the first with free education13Australia's first Aboriginal Parliamentarians: Neville Bonner (1971)14All chained up for women's rights (1965 at Regatta Hotel)15Railway comes to Queensland (1865)
Innovations and inventions
1Royal Flying Doctor Service2Cervical cancer vaccination (Professor Ian Frazer)3Polio treatment4Blue Care (formerly Blue Nurses)5School of the Air6Billabong7Lamington8Kids Alive – Do the Five9Lucas' Pawpaw Ointment10Weis Fruit Bar11Immune system research wins Nobel Prize12Southern Cross windmills13Tilt train14Dingo fence15wotif.com.au
Events and festivals
1Ekka (Brisbane)2State of Origin series3Birdsville Races4RiverFire (Riverfestival)5Woodford Folk Festival6Carnival of Flowers (Toowoomba)7Country Music Muster (Gympie)8Indy (Gold Coast)9Apple and Grape Harvest Festival (Stanthorpe)10B&S Balls11Beef Australia (Rockhampton)12Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race13Mount Isa Rodeo14Paniyiri Greek Festival (Brisbane)15Noosa Triathlon
Typically Queensland
1Backyard BBQs2Queenslander house3XXXX beer4Bundy Rum (and bear)5Sunshine6Bowen mango7Summer afternoon storms8"Waltzing Matilda"9Macadamia nut10Maroon11Jacaranda tree12Cane fields13Cane toad14Thongs15Mud crab
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