* 1770 – James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, Queensland and claims the east coast of Australia as New South Wales in the name of King George III.

An AFL Premiership season match at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast, Queensland | Gold Coast between Adelaide Crows | Adelaide and Melbourne Football Club | Melbourne.

Although Tasmanian AFL Bid has been ongoing, the AFL's focus has become gaining marketshare in lucrative and broadcasting rights in two populous Australian states, introducing clubs on the Gold Coast, Queensland ( Gold Coast Football Club ) and in Greater Western Sydney ( Greater Western Sydney Football Club ).

While travelling south along the north Queensland coast, the Gothenburg encountered a cyclone-strength storm and was wrecked on a section of the Great Barrier Reef.

Stores located on the East Coast including Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria are owned by INGKA Holding.

Brabham married his second wife, Margaret in 1995 and they live on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Another example is a statement by Peter Beattie, Premier of the Australian state of Queensland, on the counter-terrorism investigation into Gold Coast doctor Mohamed Haneef in July 2007.

* Labor Day in Queensland, Australia, is celebrated on the first Monday in May.

* The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands, founded in June 2004 on the uninhabited Coral Sea Islands off the coast of Queensland, in response to the Australian government's refusal to recognize same-sex marriage.

They commenced proceedings in the High Court in 1982, in response to the Queensland Amendment Act 1982 establishing a system of making land grants on trust for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, which the Murray Islanders refused to accept.

The action was brought as a test case to determine the legal rights of the Meriam people to land on the islands of Mer ( Murray Island ), Dauar and Waier in the Torres Strait, which were annexed to the state of Queensland in 1879.

In 1985 the Queensland Government attempted to terminate the proceedings by enacting the Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act 1985, which declared that on annexation of the islands in 1879, title to the islands was vested in the state of Queensland " freed from all other rights, interests and claims whatsoever ".

The decision was based on the findings of fact made by Justice Moynihan of the Supreme Court of Queensland: that the Murray Islanders had a strong sense of relationship to the islands and regarded the land as theirs.

The rise of Labor in formerly safe National-held areas in rural Queensland, particularly on the coast, has been the biggest threat to the Queensland Nationals.

Later, defeated Queensland Premier Wayne Goss said that the people of his state had turned so violently on Keating that they were " sitting on their verandas with baseball bats " waiting for the writs to drop.

Crowe also owns a house in the North Queensland city of Townsville: he purchased the $ 450, 000 home in the suburb of Douglas on 3 May 2008.

* Seven Sisters ( Queensland ), a group of small mountains on the Atherton Tableland in Australia

The production transferred thence to Brisbane, where it opened at the Opera House on 15 July, and subsequently embarked upon an eight-week repertory tour of other regional centres in Queensland, including Charters Towers, Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Maryborough.

* Gladstone, Queensland, Australia was named after him and has a 19th century marble statue on display in its town museum.

The Queensland Sports Minister, Judy Spence, said that using nigger would be unacceptable, for the stand or on any commemorative plaque.

He started poorly, with a duck and 18 against Queensland and not taking a wicket.

He scored 46 and 18 and took 1 / 31 and 2 / 34 against Queensland, before striking and unbeaten 100 against Victoria.

The minimum ages are 12 for South Australia and Western Australia, 15 for Queensland, 16 for New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory, and 18 in Victoria.

The Merivale Bridge opened on 18 November 1978 by Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

* June 3: Sydney, Australia-The 1996 State of Origin series is wrapped up as New South Wales defeat Queensland 18 – 6 in Game II at the Sydney Football Stadium before a crowd of 41, 955.

The Ipswich Miners play in the under 18 competition of AFL Queensland.

It has 18 Heritage Listed buildings, and is the largest National Trust village in Queensland.

Peter Douglas Beattie AC ( born 18 November 1952 ) is a former Australian politician who served as the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years.

Sir Henry was appointed Governor of Queensland from 18 March 1958, serving until 18 March 1966.

On 18 June 2011 Arch was given Life Membership of the Queensland Branch of the Australian Labor Party ( ALP ).

Alexander Michael Somlyay MP ( born 18 January 1946 ), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Fairfax, Queensland.

2004 Kerry Williams, Kris Whelan and Leslie Coe-Under 18 National Champions with Queensland North

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG, PC ( 3 January 1862 – 18 April 1939 ) was a British soldier and civil servant, who variously served as the Governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland.

Since a final was introduced to the Sheffield Shield competition in the 1982 / 83 cricket season the Queensland Bulls have contested 18 out of 30 finals.

* 26 November – a riot occurred on Palm Island leading to a complete break down of law and order with the 18 members of the Queensland Police barricading themselves in the local hospital.

O. paniculata is a larger tree, attaining a height of 15 – 18 m in the forests of Queensland, and yielding a hard and tough timber.

On 18 January 2011, it was announced that Justice Holmes would be appointed to head an inquiry into the 2011 Queensland floods.

* Mount Victoria ( Queensland ) mountain S 18 ° 23 ' 0 E 140 ° 15 ' 0

The Queensland Scorpions are the state representative side and include under 16s, under 18s and open age groups and compete at the AFL National Under 18 Championships and other state championships.

* Leyburn 18 McIntyre Street, Leyburn, Queensland, 4365 Phone: + 61 7 4695 0129

* Yarraman 18 Toomey Street, Yarraman, Queensland, 4614 Phone: + 61 7 4163 8219

The Titans played their first official match at their new Stadium, Skilled Park, against the North Queensland Cowboys with the final score being 36 – 18.

Thomson played a single limited-overs match for Queensland, taking 6 / 18, and then sat out the season.