TheQueensland's Q150 Icons list ofcultural icons was compiled as part ofQ150 celebrations in 2009 by theGovernment of Queensland, Australia. It represented the people, places, objects and events that were significant toQueensland's first 150 years.
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 theQueensland PremierAnna Bligh, as part of theQ150 celebration of Queensland's foundation.[1]
This list is for people and organisations that are significant to Queensland.
| 1 | Yungaba Immigration Centre |
| 2 | Steve Irwin |
| 3 | Surf Lifesavers |
| 4 | Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
| 5 | Leslie Thiess[2] |
| 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[3] |
| 15 | Wayne Bennett |
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| 1 | 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 |
| 1 | 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 |
| 1 | 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 andCloncurry) |
| 14 | Hornibrook Bridge (Redcliffe) |
| 15 | Burdekin Falls Dam |
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| 1 | 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 firstSheffield Shield (1995) |
| 11 | Bellevue Hotel andCloudland 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 atRegatta Hotel) |
| 15 | Railway comes to Queensland (1865) |
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| 1 | 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 |
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