Division

Joh for PM, 1987. Sticker inserted in the Sun Herald 8 March 1987. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland.

Now, more than ever, Queensland needs Joh and the Nationals for Industrial Relations, 1986.Political advertisement for National Party, Brisbane 1986. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland.

The Petersen Line, 1974

QLD

Australia

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1 January 1974

23 September 2010

Location

QLD

Australia

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23 September 2010

Australian Labor Party

The Petersen Line, 1974. Sells out Queensland’s assets, keeps out national subsidies. Australian Labor Party campaign brochure against Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

See Queensland first before joh sells it, c1978. Anti Joh Bjelke-Petersen bumper sticker, modeled on the Queensland tourism campaigns and issued by the Australian Labor Party.

Joh’s power: very costly, c1978. Anti Joh Bjelke-Petersen bumper sticker. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Bjelke Bitter Queensland’s premier beer for discriminating drinkers. Beer label, c1970s. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland.

Johannes Bjelke-Petersen: straddling a barbed wire fence

Queensland during Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s premiership (1968-87) appeared to confirm political scientist S.M. Lipset’s claim that ‘every country has a South’.

Plan of the River Brisbane by John Oxley, 1825

Brisbane River Brisbane, QLD

Australia

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6 February 1825

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Brisbane River Brisbane, QLD

Australia

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Albemarle Street London

John Murray

Plan of the River Brisbane &c by John Oxley, Surveyor General of New South Wales. Published 6 February 1825 by John Murray Albermarle Street London. Insets show the Mouth of the River, and Chart of Moreton Bay with the Brisbane River. Oxley names the area to later become Mount Coot-tha, 'Glen Morrison Range'. Collection of the National Library of Australia.

Separating land, separating culture

Before the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 was introduced, many Aboriginal people lived within the boundaries of their own ‘country’ according to cultu

The Sunday mail, 21 June 1998

Division

Joh for PM, 1987

Now, more than ever, Queensland needs Joh and the Nationals for Industrial Relations, 1986.

The Petersen Line, 1974

Location

See Queensland first before joh sells it, c1978

Joh’s power: very costly, c1978

Bjelke Bitter, c1970s

Johannes Bjelke-Petersen: straddling a barbed wire fence

Plan of the River Brisbane by John Oxley, 1825

Location

Separating land, separating culture

Oh, what a state we're in, 1998