List of Queensland's Q150 Icons
The Queensland's Q150 Icons list of cultural icons was compiled as part of Q150 celebrations in 2009 by the Government of Queensland, Australia. It represented the people, places, objects and events that were significant to Queensland's first 150 years.
History
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 the Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, as part of the Q150 celebration of Queensland's foundation.State shapers
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 |
| 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 |
| 15 | Wayne Bennett |
Influential artists
Sports legends
| 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 |
Locations
Natural attractions
Structures and engineering feats
Defining moments
| 1 | World Expo '88 |
| 2 | 1974 Queensland floods |
| 3 | Qantas takes to the air |
| 4 | 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games |
| 5 | Mabo High Court of Australia decision |
| 6 | Fitzgerald Inquiry |
| 7 | Queensland proclaimed as a new colony |
| 8 | Gold discovered in Queensland |
| 9 | World Heritage listing of the Wet Tropics |
| 10 | Queensland wins its first Sheffield Shield |
| 11 | Bellevue Hotel and Cloudland demolished |
| 12 | Queensland the first with free education |
| 13 | Australia's first Aboriginal Parliamentarians: Neville Bonner |
| 14 | All chained up for women's rights |
| 15 | Railway comes to Queensland |
Innovations and inventions
Events and festivals
Typically Queensland
| 1 | Backyard BBQs |
| 2 | Queenslander house |
| 3 | XXXX beer |
| 4 | Bundy Rum |
| 5 | Sunshine |
| 6 | Bowen mango |
| 7 | Summer afternoon storms |
| 8 | "Waltzing Matilda" |
| 9 | Macadamia nut |
| 10 | Maroon |
| 11 | Jacaranda tree |
| 12 | Cane fields |
| 13 | Cane toad |
| 14 | Thongs |
| 15 | Mud crab |