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Anniversary event |
| 21 Feb 1857 | Cape Moreton lighthouse activated |
| 16 Feb 1957 | Qld Conservation of Music opened |
| 5 Mar 1907 | Creche and Kindergarten Association founded |
| 15 Apr 1857 | NSW Supreme Court opened at Brisbane, Justice SF Milford |
| 7 Apr 1907 | Brisbane Institute of Social Services founded |
| 10 Apr 1907 | First meeting of Central Methodist Mission |
| 26 Apr 1957 | Queensland Labour Party formed (Gair) |
| 24 Apr 1957 | Premier VC Gair expelled by the ALP |
| 18 May 1907 | Women voted for the first time in a Queensland state election |
| 20 May 1907 | Free creche and kindergarten opened at Fortitude Valley |
| 31 May 1957 | Allan & Stark opened Chermside drive-in shopping centre, the first in Australia |
| 12 Jun 1957 | Supply refused to the Gair government |
| 15 Jun 1957 | Burdekin high-level bridge opened |
| 6 Jul 1957 | Australia-Japan Trade Agreement |
| 27 Jul 1957 | Bulk sugar terminal opened at Mackay - first in Australia |
| 5 Aug 1907 | Death of Mrs RL (Ann) Drew |
| 12 Aug 1907 | Queensland Sugar Producers Association formed in Townsville |
| Aug 1957 | Ansett Airlines purchased Australian National Airlines (ANA) |
| 3 Aug 1957 | Country Liberal Coalition government elected (to 22 Oct 1983) |
| 5 Aug 1957 | Parking meters introduced in Brisbane |
| 12 Aug 1957 | GFR (Frank) Nicklin elected Premier of Queensland (to 17 Jan 1968) |
| 13 Sep 1857 | 'Yarra Yarra' brought news of separation from NSW at 28° South |
| Sep 1907 | Amalgamated Workers Association formed at Irvinebank |
| 8 Sep 1957 | Mt Olivet Hospital for the terminally ill opened at Kangaroo Point (Sisters of Charity) |
| 27 Oct 1857 | Aboriginal attack on Hornet Bank followed by orgy of revenge |
| 30 Oct 1907 | Queenslander Andrew Fisher Leader of Federal Labor Party (to 30 Oct 1915) |
| 7 Oct 1957 | Cabinet Secretariat formed in Premiers Department (A Fletcher in charge) |
| 8 Nov 1907 | Harvester Judgement handed down by Justice HB Higgins (federal basic wage) |
| 19 Nov 1907 | Robert Philp appointed Chief Secretary without majority support in Legislative Assembly |
| Nov 1957 | Murray Committee Report on University Education in Australia |
| Dec 1957 | National Civic Council name change from Catholic Social Movement |
| 4 Dec 1957 | Governor Sir John Dudley Lavarack died |
| 16 Dec 1957 | Weipa Bauxite Agreement signed |
| 17 Dec 1957 | Forestry Department established |
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Anniversary event |
| 1 Jan 1908 | Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology opened at Melbourne |
| 15 Jan 1958 | QANTAS inaugurates first commercial round the world service |
| 18 Jan 1858 | Stonemasons Union formed in Brisbane, first union |
| 14-16 Feb 1958 | Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement formed in Adelaide |
| 18 Feb 1908 | William Kidston, Chief Secretary (Premier) to 7 Feb 1911 |
| 20 Feb 1908 | Brisbane Progressive Club (name change to Brisbane Womens Club 1912) |
| 1 Mar 1858 | Eight-hour day granted to stonemasons by John Petrie and Joshua Jeays |
| 24 Mar 1858 | AC Gregory departed Dawson River in search of Leichhardt, arrived Adelaide 21 July |
| 27 Mar 1958 | Sir Arthur Fadden resigned as leader of Country Party |
| 28 Mar 1908 | First national park in Queensland set aside at Witches Falls, Mt Tamborine |
| Mar 1908 | Inaugural meeting of Queensland Rugby League |
| 30 Apr 1958 | Alexander Morrison retired as Secretary of the Historical society of Queensland |
| 16 May 1858 | Rev George Wight conducted first Congregational service in Brisbane |
| 31 May 1858 | JE Duggan elected MLA for North Toowoomba, leader of SPLP from 18 August |
| May 1958 | St Andrews War Memorial Hospital opened |
| 10 Jun 1858 | Darling Downs Gazette published (to Sep 1910 |
| 8 Jul 1958 | Scholarship examination required 50% pass in English, Mathematics and Social Studies |
| 22 Jul 1958 | Compulsory tests for Tuberculosis (TB) for all people over 14 years |
| 2 Aug 1958 | Bulk sugar terminal opened at Lucinda Point |
| 22 Aug 1908 | Toowong rifle range closed |
| by Aug 1908 | Four Boy Scout patrols in Brisbane |
| 1 Sep 1908 | Wages Board Act came into force |
| 20 Sep 1958 | Bundaberg bulk sugar terminal and new port opened |
| 25 Oct 1958 | Site of Rockhampton proclaimed |
| Oct 1908 | Peoples Progressive League formed |
| 11 Nov 1908 | Central Fire Station, corner of Ann and Wharf Streets, opened |
| 24 Nov 1858 | NSW Electoral Law Amendment Act introduced manhood suffrage, secret ballot an abolition of property qualifications |
| Dec1858 | Moreton Bay Building Society formed |
| 25 Dec 1858 | Pughs Almanac first published (to 1927) |
| 1908 | City Ambulance Transport Brigade acquired its first motor transport |
| 1908 | Model T Ford produced in USA |
| 1958 | First pedestrian-operated
traffic lights in Queensland installed at Annerley Last main-line steam locomotive built in Australia by Walkers Ltd, Maryborough Sealing of Pacific Highway Brisbane to Sydney completed Nuclear reactor opened at Lucas Heights, NSW Dictation test for immigrants abolished (introduced 1905) Boeing four-engine 707 launched Public zoo removed from Botanic Gardens and BCC Parks Manager Harry Oakman remodelled the gardens so they seemed more natural |
