50 Firsts

1859 - Sir George Bowen appointed Governor

1859 - Execution by hanging

1860 - Sir Robert Herbert appointed Premier

1860 - Fiery beginnings

1861 - Connecting the people

1863 - Go-ahead for Grammar

1864 - Sweet start for sugar

1864 - Railway makes tracks

1864 - Women-only hospital

1867 - Gold at Gympie

1874 - Bridging the Brisbane River

1875 - Free primary education

1870’s - Traversing north

1876 -  Unfurling the State flag

1876 - Indigenous rights to land

1878 - Fencing out the rabbits

1883 - Annexing a foreign nation

1889 - Stately Customs landmark

1891 - Shears stop clicking

1893 - Brisbane under water

1897 - Indigenous rights restricted

1899 - Passing the Federation Referendum

1899 - Soldiers volunteer

1899 - Labor leads the world

1900 - Plague breaks out

1905 - Women make vote count

1906 - Pacific Island labour limited

1908 - National Parks protect and preserve

1911 - Pioneering Polio treatment

1912 - World-first workers’ walkout

1916 - Conscripted to serve

1917 - Art Union’s golden riches

1920 - QANTAS takes off

1922 - A one-chamber parliament

1927 - Koala sanctuary a beacon of hope

1929 - Lady of the parliamentary house

1931 - Women join the police ranks

1934 - Dam shores up water supply

1935 - An ecological pest arrives

1941 - Hello sailor!

1944 - Communism comes to parliament

1954 - The Queen in Queensland

1959 - Centenary celebrations

1960 - School of the Air

1964 - ‘Beatlemania’

1966 - The President pays a visit

1977 - Street marches banned

1979 - Safeguarding the reef

1988 - Queensland Expo-sed

1992 - Mabo makes history