Events in Queensland History
Leichhardt Expedition
1844-10-01 German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt departs Jimbour, the farthest outpost of settlement on the Queensland Darling Downs, to begin his exploration of Australia's Northern Territory from Moreton Bay to Port Essington
- 1859-06-06 Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
- 1889-01-16 128°F (53°C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)
- 1893-04-03 1st NSW v Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground
- 1899-03-04 Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland - over 300 dead.
- 1899-11-18 Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld
- 1905-04-25 Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld)
- 1905-12-18 H V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of First Class debut (NSW v Qld)
- 1906-11-12 C W Gregory (NSW v Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumps
- 1906-11-13 C. W. Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland, in record cricket innings by an Australian
- 1908-04-22 Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba
- 1910-06-09 A passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)
- 1920-11-16 Australia's Qantas airways founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited
- 1926-12-11 Leo O'Connor is unbeaten on 143 as Queensland wins their first Sheffield Shield match by 5 wickets vs NSW at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Victoria Score 793
1927-12-17 Victoria score 793 against Queensland, Bill Ponsford 437
Bradman Scores 133
1928-11-01 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores 133 not out in NSW 2nd innings v Queensland in Brisbane; follows his 131 in the Blues' 1st innings
- 1929-12-25 Clarrie Grimmett takes 6-146 for SA, Queensland all out 380 Crowd 5,390
- 1930-01-06 Australian cricket icon Don Bradman scores 452 not out for New South Wales v Queensland in Sydney; then world record individual score in a first-class match; runs scored in 415 minutes
- 1930-12-25 Slinger Nitschke scores 142 SA v Qld at Adelaide before 5,422
- 1931-12-25 Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA v Qld at Adelaide before 5,697
- 1932-12-20 50-year-old Australian cricket Test spinner Bert Ironmonger captures 7-13 as Queensland dismissed for 74; Victoria wins by an innings & 139 runs in Melbourne
- 1933-01-30 Clarrie Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match
- 1934-12-24 Clarrie Grimmett takes 9-180 for SA as Queensland make 430
- 1934-12-25 Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 v Qld before 6,180
- 1936-12-18 Queensland cricket all out for 49 v Vic, Fleetwood-Smith 7-17
- 1936-12-25 Ron Hamence scores 104 for SA v Queensland before 4,865
- 1937-12-25 Queensland all out for 93 v SA in front of 10,436
- 1938-01-11 Don Bradman scores a second innings 113 vs Qld after a ton in the 1st innings
- 1939-12-23 South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland
- 1939-12-25 Clarrie Grimmett & Ward rip through Qld except Bill Brown (156)
- 1939-12-30 O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 & 6-22) as NSW crush Qld in 2 days
Australia Abandons Matches
1941-12-11 Australian state cricket associations, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales decide at meetings with new Prime Minister John Curtin to abandon all interstate first class matches for the duration of WWII
- 1943-05-14 Australian Hospital Ship Centaur sinks off the coast of Queensland after being struck by torpedo fired by Japanese submarine; 268 of 332 medical personnel and civilian crew aboard die
1st Leg of Laver Grand Slam
1962-01-15 50th Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Rod Laver takes the 1st leg of his 1st Grand Slam; beats fellow Queenslander Roy Emerson 8-6, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4
- 1962-09-10 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver completes his first Grand Slam defeating fellow Queenslander Roy Emerson 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- 1963-10-27 Australian cricket opening batsman Bob Simpson scores 359 for NSW v Queensland in a Sheffield Shield match at the Gabba in Brisbane
Border's 1st-Class Debut
1977-01-30 Allan Border scores 36 in his 1st-class innings (NSW vs Qld)
- 1980-10-17 1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW v Qld (2-52 & 1-39)
Sports History
1981-03-08 Dennis Lillee ct by Qld 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game
- 1981-10-22 Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle, NSW v Queensland
- 1983-06-06 Bottle with note of June 9, 1910 found in Queensland
- 1984-03-13 WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield
- 1985-03-19 NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket
- 1986-03-18 Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Queensland
- 1988-03-22 WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final
- 1990-03-27 NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final
- 1993-03-29 Queensland all out for 75 v NSW in Sheffield Shield Final
- 1993-03-30 New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield
- 1994-10-13 Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland v Tasmania)
- 1994-11-21 1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland v NSW, SCG)
- 1995-03-28 Queensland beat South Australia in cricket to win the 1st ever Sheffield Shield
- 1995-09-26 Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld v Western Prov)
- 1995-09-28 Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov
- 1996-03-26 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld v Vic)
- 2011-07-09 Super Rugby Final, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane: Queensland Reds beat Canterbury Crusaders 18-13 at home for their first SR title
- 2012-02-04 Tens of thousands of people are stranded by floods in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland
- 2013-01-25 Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding
- 2016-10-25 4 killed on a theme park ride at Dreamworld, in Queensland, Australia
- 2017-03-28 Cyclone Debbie strikes north east Queensland coast as a category 4 storm
- 2018-10-17 Australian state of Queensland decriminalizes abortion
- 2018-11-26 Third of a species begin dying (23,000) over a two day period, the spectacled flying foxes, unable to survive heatwave of 42 degrees in northern Queensland, Australia
- 2018-11-28 Australian state Queensland raises its fire warning to "catastrophic" for the first time as 130 fires burn
- 2019-02-13 Flinders River swells to 37 miles wide (60km) creating its own weather system after intense flooding in Queensland, Australia
- 2019-04-12 Melbourne captain Cameron Smith becomes highest point scorer in Australian Rugby League history; 49th minute penalty in Storm's 18-12 win over North Queensland in Townsville takes him to 2,420; Hazem El Masri, 2,418
- 2019-09-09 Australia experiences its earliest and most severe start to the fire season after fighting dozens of bushfires in Queensland and New South Wales
Famous People from Queensland
- 1850-08-03 Reginald Heber Roe, 1st Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland and 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, born in Blandford, Dorset, England (d. 1926)
- 1861-08-01 Sammy Jones, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests; NSW, Queensland, Auckland), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1951)
- 1862-01-03 Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)
- 1879-05-03 Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and aviation pioneer (Qantas), born in Morinish, Queensland (d. 1950)
- 1885-06-07 Percy Brier, Australian composer, born in North Pine, Queensland (d. 1970)
- 1890-07-18 Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history-8 days), born in Mitchell, Queensland, Australia (d. 1983)
- 1891-07-28 Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32), born in Nundah, Queensland (d. 1939)
- 1892-12-08 Herbert "Bert" Hinkler, Australian aviator who made first solo flight from England to Australia (1928), born in Bundaberg, Queensland (d. 1933)
Raymond Dart (1893-1988)
1893-02-04 Australian paleoanthropologist (Australopithecus africanus), born in Brisbane, Queensland [1]
- 1895-04-13 Arthur Fadden, 13th Prime Minister of Australia, born in Ingham, Queensland, Australia (d. 1973)
- 1900-04-01 Robert McDowell, Mayor of Maryborough, Queensland (d. 1988)
- 1900-08-01 Otto Nothling, Australian rugby union player and cricketer (Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26), born in Witta, Queensland, Australia (d. 1965)
- 1901-06-01 Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league centre and captain (10 Tests; Queensland 34 games), born in Charters Towers, Australia (d. 1978)
- 1902-06-17 Alec Hurwood, Australian cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 11 wickets, BB 4/22; Queensland), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 1982)
- 1904-12-12 Jim Christy, South African cricket batsman (10 Tests; top score 103 1932; Transvaal, Queensland), born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1971)
- 1909-12-11 Ronald McKie, Australian author (The Mango Tree), born in Toowoomba, Queensland (d. 1991)
- 1910-06-26 Charles Spry, Australian soldier and security chief, born in Brisbane, Queensland (d. 1994)
- 1911-01-13 Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, Australian politician, Premier of Queensland (1968-87), born in Dannevirke, New Zealand (d. 2005)
- 1920-11-03 Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian Aboriginal political activist and writer (We Are Going), born in Minjerribah, Queensland, Australia (d. 1993)
- 1924-08-27 David Rowbotham, Australian poet and journalist, born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia (d. 2010)
- 1924-09-13 Harold Blair, Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist, born in Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve, Queensland, Australia (d. 1976)
- 1925-08-25 Thea Astley, Australian novelist and short-story writer, born in Queensland, Australia (d. 2004)
- 1925-10-24 Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (exciting Aussie all-rounder), born in Windsor, Queensland, Australia (d. 1982)
- 1927-05-02 Raymond "Ray" Barrett, Australian actor (The Troubleshooters, Gillette Summer Sports Reel), born in Brisbane, Queensland (d. 2009)
- 1928-06-16 John Cuneo, Australian sailor (Olympic gold dragon class 1972), born in Bulimba, Queensland, Australia (d. 2020)
- 1932-04-02 Diane Cilento, Australian actress (Agony & Ecstasy, Wicker Man), born in Brisbane, Queensland (d. 2011)
- 1933-10-25 Ron Archer, Australian cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 1 x 100, 48 wickets; Queensland CA), born in Highgate Hill, Queensland (d. 2007)
- 1934-08-16 Sam Trimble, cricketer (Queensland batsman, 12th man for Aust, no Test)
- 1936-01-22 Noel Kelly, Australian rugby league hooker (25 Tests; Queensland, NSW, Western Suburbs) and coach (Western Suburbs, North Sydney), born in Ipswich, Australia (d. 2020)
- 1936-05-25 Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), born in Surat, Gujarat, India (d. 2013)
Roy Emerson (87 years old)
1936-11-03 Australian tennis player (12 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Blackbutt, Queensland
- 1936-11-16 John Moore, Australian politician (Minister of Defence 1998-2001), born in Rockhampton, Queensland
Rod Laver (85 years old)
1938-08-09 Australian tennis player (1962, 1969 Grand Slam; 11 x Grand Slam singles titles; 8 x Pro major titles), born in Rockhampton, Queensland
- 1941-03-21 Malcolm Francke, cricketer (leg-spinner, Ceylon 1956 to Qld 1984)
- 1944-07-04 Ray Meagher, Australian actor (Home and Away), born in Roma, Queensland, Australia
- 1945-10-28 Dennis Lillie [sic], cricketer (Queensland leg-spinner 1965-66/80-82)
- 1946-04-27 John Maclean, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests, 18 dismissals; Queensland), born in Herston, Australia
- 1946-09-16 Mike Reynolds, Australian politician (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 2006-09), born in Manly, New South Wales
Geoffrey Rush (73 years old)
1951-07-06 Australian actor (Shakespeare in Love, The King's Speech), born in Toowoomba, Queensland
- 1951-11-02 Lindy Morrison, Australian drummer (The Go-Betweens - "Cattle and Cane"), born in Queensland, Australia
- 1953-04-05 John Buchanan, Australian cricketer (Qld batsman 78-79, Shield coach 1995), born in Ipswich, Queensland
- 1953-11-23 Martin Kent, Australian cricketer (Queensland batsman, Australia)
- 1954-01-23 Trevor Hohns, Australian cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1989), born in Queensland, Australia
- 1954-10-01 Rodney William "Rod" Ansell, Australian bushman and inspiration for "Crocodile Dundee", born in Murgon, Queensland (d. 1999)
Greg Norman (69 years old)
1955-02-10 Australian golfer (British Open 1986, 93), born in Mount Isa, Queensland
- 1957-06-29 Robert Forster, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens), born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Wayne Grady (67 years old)
1957-07-26 Australian golfer (PGA C'ship 1990), born in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1957-09-21 Kevin Rudd, Australian politician, Prime Minister (2013), born in Nambour, Queensland
- 1959-12-01 Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league five eighth, coach and broadcaster (34 Tests; Queensland 38 games; RL "Immortal"), born in Brisbane, Australia
- 1960-01-23 Greg Ritchie, Australian cricketer (Queensland & Australian batsman Fat Cat Mahatma Cote), born in Stanthorpe, Queensland
- 1960-06-03 Carl Rackemann, Australian cricketer (Queensland & Australian quickie), born in Brisbane, Australia
- 1960-07-14 Anna Bligh, Australian politician, 1st woman Premier of Queensland (2007-12), born in Warwick, Australia
- 1960-10-24 Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer (British Open 1991) and broadcaster (ESPN, ABC, CBS), born in Nambour, Australia
- 1962-07-29 Corinne Dibnah, Australian golfer (British Open 1988; LET Order of Merit 1991), born in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1962-09-26 Peter Foster, Australian career criminal and con man, born in Queensland, Australia
- 1964-01-16 Trevor Barsby, Australian cricketer (Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85), born in Brisbane, Australia
- 1964-04-30 Ian Healy, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (119 Tests, 366 catches, 29 stumpings), born in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1965-06-04 Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer (5-time 500cc world champion), born in Gold Coast, Queensland
- 1966-08-24 Jon Sieben, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly 1984), born in Brisbane, Australia
- 1966-11-01 Mary Hansen, Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab), born in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (d. 2002)
- 1968-04-07 Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m freestyle 1988), born in Rockhampton, Queensland
- 1968-08-20 Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball guard (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Mackay, Queensland
- 1968-10-18 Stuart Law, cricketer (prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995)
- 1969-12-14 Dave Nilsson, Australian baseball catcher (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 1970-08-27 Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer and pace bowler, born in Laidley, Queensland, Australia
- 1971-04-20 John Senden, Australian golfer (2 PGA Tour titles), born in Brisbane, Queensland
Julian Assange (53 years old)
1971-07-03 Australian founder of Wikileaks, born in Townsville, Queensland
- 1971-09-03 Glen Housman, Australian swimmer (Olympic silver 1,500m 1992), born in Rockhampton, Queensland
- 1971-10-29 Matthew Hayden, Australian cricket batsman (103 Tests, 8,625runs @ 50.73, 30 x 100, HS 380; 161 ODIs, 10 x 100; Queensland CA, Hampshire CCC, Northamptonshire CCC, Chennai Super Kings, Brisbane Heat), born in Kingaroy, Australia
- 1972-01-23 Tanya Harding, Australian softball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1972-05-30 Renita Farrell, Australian field hockey midfielder (Olympic Gold 1996, 2000), born in Townsville, Queensland
- 1972-07-27 Clint Robinson, Australian K-1 1k canoeist (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1973-02-16 Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete (Olympic gold 400m 2000; silver 1996; World C'ship gold 400m 1997, 99), born in Mackay, Australia
- 1973-03-05 Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis star (1995 Futures Australia), born in Mackay, Queensland
- 1973-07-14 Kieren Perkins, Australian 1500m swimmer (Olympics - gold, 1992 & 1996), born in Brisbane, Australia
- 1973-07-27 Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby league footballer, born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- 1973-08-02 Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly 1992; 200m freestyle 1996), born in Mackay, Queensland
- 1974-02-27 Jimmy Maher, Australian cricketer (Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side), born in Innisfail, Australia
- 1974-03-30 Martin Love, Australian cricketer (high scoring Queensland batsman, Aust 1995), born in Mundubbera, Australia
Karrie Webb (49 years old)
1974-12-21 Australian golfer (US Open 2000, 01; British Open 2002; Chevron C'ship 2000, 06; PGA C'ship 2001; du Maurier Classic 1999; 41 x LPGA Tour titles), born in Ayr, Australia
Andrew Symonds (1975-2022)
1975-06-09 Australian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, 2 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 162no, 24 wickets; Queensland CA, Kent CCC, Deccan Chargers), born in Birmingham, England
- 1976-02-28 Angie Kennedy, Australian swimmer (World C'ship SC gold 4×100m medley 1995; Olympic silver 1996), born in Nambour, Australia
- 1976-07-20 Andrew Stockdale, Australian rock musician (Wolfmother), born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 1977-05-07 Elton Flatley, Australian rugby union fly-half (38 caps; 187 points; Queensland Reds 114 games, 609 points), born in Tamworth, NSW
- 1980-07-27 Allan Davis, Australian cyclist, born in Ipswich, Queensland
- 1981-03-01 Will Power, Australian auto racer (Indianapolis 500 2018), born in Toowoomba, Queensland
- 1981-06-17 Shane Watson, Australian Test cricket all-rounder (2005-2015), born in Ipswich, Queensland
- 1981-11-02 Mitchell Johnson, Australian cricket fast bowler (73 Tests, 313 wickets @ 28.40; 153 ODIs), born in Townsville, Queensland
- 1982-02-18 Courtney Act [Shane Jenek], Australian drag queen, pop singer, entertainer and reality television personality, born in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1982-02-26 Katherine Hull Kirk, Australian golfer (British Open 2010 runner-up; 3 LPGA Tour titles), born in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1983-11-06 Janette McBride, Filipino-Australian actress and television host, born in Queensland, Australia
- 1984-12-25 Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (The Veronicas), born in Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia
- 1984-12-25 Lisa Origliasso, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (The Veronicas), born in Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia
- 1988-06-17 Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 2008), born in Brisbane, Queensland
- 1988-09-08 Caitlin Hill, Australian YouTube personality (TheHill88), born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Margot Robbie (34 years old)
1990-07-02 Australian actress and producer (The Wolf of Wall Street, Focus), born in Dalby, Queensland
- 1996-04-24 Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player (French Open 2019; Wimbledon 2021; Australian Open 2022; WTA Finals 2019, World #1 2019-22), born in Ipswich, Australia
Famous Australians
Adrian Quist
Adut Akech
Alfred Deakin
Allan Border
Andrew Fisher
Andrew Symonds