...that in order to stem a population decline a "dollar block" promotion was held in the
Queensland town of Jandowae where 38 parcels of land were sold for one
dollar each?
...that Urangan Pier(pictured) which was built between 1913 and 1917, originally to a length of 1107 metres, served as an extension to the
Hervey Bay railway line?
...that the extinct Gastric-brooding frog genus was unique because it contained the only two known frog species that
incubated the prejuvenile stages of their offspring in the stomach of the mother?
...from the Brisbane Centre at Brisbane Airport,
Airservices Australia manages the airspace over the northern half of Australia, representing 5% of the world’s total airspace?
...that the first female police officers of the Queensland Police were inducted in 1931?
...that goats left by early survey vessel mariners and the early guano vessels on Lady Musgrave Island were finally removed in 1974?
...that the Coat of arms of Queensland(pictured) includes a shield containing representations of Queensland's most abundant industries?
...that the name for The Veronicas came from a character in the movie Heathers played by Winona Ryder?
...that despite inhabiting the
Whitsunday Islands and coastal regions of Queensland from at least 7000 BC until 1870, there is no archaeological evidence of the Ngaro people?
...that Wayne Bennett, an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player, had a reputation for almost never smiling?
...that although Brisbane City Hall(pictured) was officially opened on 8 April 1930, it had been partially occupied since 1927?
...that the Clem Jones Tunnel in Brisbane has Queensland's highest concentration of fixed speed detection devices?
...that the Capricorn Coast is home to a large
South Sea Islander population, who are descendents of people indentured, often against their will, to work the sugar cane farms in the 1890s?
...that the BuzzSaw SkyLoop
roller coaster features the tallest inversion in the Southern Hemisphere and the second highest inversion worldwide of its type?
...that the clock in the South Brisbane Town Hall, installed in 1904, was the first electrically-driven clock in Australia?
...that Cape Melville has been described as a "lost world" where several animal species have existed in an isolated section of rainforest for millions of years?