Up around the Benders

We lived in Queensland in the bicentennial year. It was the year my son was born and I got to attend Expo, which was a great experience. Queenslanders then were still in the grip of far right intolerance so I witnessed some pretty haircurling incidents and was constantly surprised at how open people were in their prejudice.

But Brisbane was a pleasant surprise: much less compromised by development than Perth. And there was much greenery and pleasant sights.




GOVERNORS OF QUEENSLAND

1. Sir George Bowen (1859–1868)
2. Colonel Sir Samuel Blackall (1868–1871)
3. George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby (1871–1874)
4. William Cairns (1875–1877)
5. Sir Arthur Kennedy (1877–1883)
6. Sir Anthony Musgrave (1883–1889)
7. General Sir Henry Norman (1889–1895)
8. Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (1896–1901)
9. Major-General Sir Herbert Chermside (1902–1904)
10. Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (1905–1909)
11. Sir William Macgregor (1909–1914)
12. Major Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams (1915–1920)
13. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan (1920–1925)
14. Lieutenant-General Sir John Goodwin (1927–1932)
15. Colonel Sir Leslie Orme Wilson (1932–1946)
16. Lieutenant General Sir John Lavarack (1946–1957)
17. Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith (1958–1966)
18. Sir Alan Mansfield (1966–1972)
19. Air Marshall Sir Colin Hannah (1972–1977)
20. Commodore Sir James Ramsay (1977–1985)
21. Sir Walter Campbell (1985–1992)
22. Leneen Forde (1992–1997)
23. Major-General Peter Arnison (1997–2003)
24. Quentin Bryce (2003—2008[1])



PREMIERS OF QUEENSLAND

Robert Herbert 10 December 1859 _
2nd Arthur Macalister 1 February 1866 _
_ Robert Herbert (second time) 20 July 1866 _
- Arthur Macalister (second time) 7 August 1866 -
3rd Robert Mackenzie 15 August 1867 _
4th Charles Lilley 25 November 1868 _
5th Arthur Palmer 3 May 1870 _
_ Arthur Macalister (third time) 8 January 1874 _
6th George Thorn 5 June 1876 _
7th John Douglas 8 March 1877 _
8th Thomas McIlwraith 22 January 1879 Conservative
9th Samuel Griffith 13 November 1883 Liberal
_ Sir Thomas McIlwraith (second time) 13 June 1888 Conservative
10th Boyd Morehead 30 November 1888 Conservative
_ Samuel Griffith (second time) 12 August 1890 Continuous Ministry
_ Sir Thomas McIlwraith (third time) 27 March 1893 Continuous Ministry
11th Hugh Nelson 27 October 1893 Continuous Ministry
12th Thomas Joseph Byrnes 13 April 1898 Continuous Ministry
13th James Dickson 1 October 1898 Continuous Ministry
14th Anderson Dawson 1 December 1899 Labor
15th Robert Philp 7 December 1899 Continuous Ministry
16th Sir Arthur Morgan 17 September 1903 Morgan-Browne Coalition
17th William Kidston 19 January 1906 Liberal Coalition
_ Robert Philp (second time) 19 November 1907 Conservative
_ William Kidston (second time) 18 February 1908 Liberal
18th Digby Denham 7 February 1911 Liberal
19th Thomas Joseph Ryan 1 June 1915 Labor
20th Ted Theodore 22 October 1919 Labor
21st William Gillies 26 February 1925 Labor
22nd William McCormack 22 October 1925 Labor
23rd Arthur Edward Moore 21 May 1929 Country National Progressive Party
24th William Forgan Smith 17 June 1932 Labor
25th Frank Cooper 16 September 1942 Labor
26th Ned Hanlon 7 March 1946 Labor
27th Vince Gair 17 January 1952 Labor; Queensland Labor Party
28th Sir Francis Nicklin 12 August 1957 Country Party
29th Jack Pizzey 17 January 1968 Country Party
30th Sir Gordon Chalk 1 August 1968 Liberal
31st Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen 8 August 1968 Country Party/National Party
32nd Mike Ahern 1 December 1987 National
33rd Russell Cooper 25 September 1989 National
34th Wayne Goss 7 December 1989 Labor
35th Rob Borbidge 19 February 1996 National
36th Peter Beattie 20 June 1998 Labor
37th Anna Bligh 13 September 2007 Labor


It's the spotlight state as much as the sunshine state as both our Prime Minister and next Governor-General are Queenslanders.