150th Celebrations of Parliament

The Queensland Parliament will celebrate it's 150th anniversary in 2010 following on from Queensland's sesquicentenary celebrations in 2009. Further information on the Parliament's planned activities will be made available on this website in the lead up to the event. For information on the state's sesquicentary celebrations, please see the Q150 website: www.q150.qld.gov.au

Background
On 6 June 1859, Queen Victoria approved the creation of a new colony to be called Queensland. On 10 December of the same year, Sir George Ferguson Bowen arrived in Brisbane as the new colony's Governor and officially proclaimed the Colony of Queensland. From December 1859 to April 1860, Queensland was governed by an interim Executive Council. Electoral rolls were prepared and the first election was held between April and May 1860 for 26 Members from the 16 electorates established for the first Legislative Assembly. In addition, eleven men were appointed to the Upper House, the Legislative Council. The Queensland Parliament first met on 22 May 1860 and was officially opened on 29 May 1860.

The Q150 logo is based on an abstracted map of Queensland. The map layers are arranged to convey the diversity of life in Queensland and this makes up the overall shape of the graphic.