Image no. 79023 was chosen as picture of the week beginning 26 October 2009. Queensland's longest-serving Premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, held office from 1968 to 1987, overseeing a period of major economic development of the State. He was also infamous for his hardline approach to public protest and industrial action, and demolition of historic buildings including the Cloudland Ballroom and the Bellevue Hotel. Sir Joh was voted one of Q150 State Shaper icons. His wife Flo was also a politician and  a member of the Australian Senate from 1981 to 1993.

Margaret Lawrie was invited by the Queensland Government to travel to Cape York and Torres Strait Island communities to report on children's health and other issues in these communities. She returned to the Torres Strait each year in January from 1964 until 1970, to conduct training seminars for Torres Strait Islands teachers.  As a result of these visits, Margaret gathered a large collection of material related to the Torres Strait communities.

An exhibition featuring the Margaret Lawrie collection titled Meriba Gidhal will open on Saturday 24 October in the Talbot Family Treasures Wall. Image no. TR1791-0409-0001 was chosen as Picture of the week beginning 19 October 2009 to celebrate this exhibition.

This wooden lighthouse was built in 1873 and operated until 1960 at Comboyuro Point, Moreton Island.

Image no. 48372 was chosen as Picture of the week beginning 12 October 2009.

In 1876 Griffiths Bros. & Co were credited with making the first windmills in Australia. They called them the Griffith Mills and manufactured them at their Toowoomba factory. In 1903 the factory sold its first commercial windmill under the trade name 'Southern Cross'. The Southern Cross became the most popular windmill in Australian history.

Image no. 64391, Southern Cross windmills, was picture of the week beginning 5 October 2009. The image was chosen to highlight the fact that Southern Cross windmills was voted one of the Q150 icons, selected in the Inventions and innovations category.

Historic Greenmount Homestead, about five kilometres west of Walkerston, is one of Mackay's most valued heritage attractions. Greenmount was named by Captain John Mackay in 1862 when he camped on site, the first European to do so. Fifty years later in 1912, settler Albert Cook bought the land to breed cattle. He built Greenmount Homestead in 1915. Albert Cook and his wife Dorothy were the first permanent residents on the historic property. Mindful of the historical significance of the homestead, Dorothy Cook gave the house and its original contents and the land on which it is situated to the Mackay community.

Image no qmc04722 is held by Mackay Regional Council Libraries, a contributor of images to Picture Queensland. This image was chosen as image of the week commencing 28 September 2009.

In 1823, while examining the suitability of Port Curtis, Moreton Bay and Port Bowen as sites for convict settlements, explorer John Oxley discovered the Brisbane River. He travelled 50 miles up the river and, much impressed by the country, recommended the area, which included the site of Brisbane, for a settlement. The original portrait of John Oxley is held in the Mitchell Library in Sydney.

Image no. 1330 was chosen as image of the week beginning 21 September 2009 to mark the discovery of Brisbane by John Oxley and Queensland's 150 year independence from New South Wales.

The fire truck and crew were participating in the Carnival of Flowers parade, Toowoomba, 2002.

The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is an annual event and this year celebrates 60 years of Carnival celebrations.

Image no. twb00037 was created by Reina Irmer and was chosen as image of the week beginning 14 September 2009.

Wattle tree covered in flowers near Cape Road, Laura, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1984.  Image no 407-04-01 from the Ron and Ngaire Gale Collection was chosen as image of the week commencing 7 September 2009 to celebrate the start of Spring.

The picture shows a gentleman assisting a lady to alight from Brisbane's first railway carriage.

Queensland's first railway line extended from Ipswich to Grandchester. The first section of this line opened on 31 July 1865. The line was later extended to the Darling Downs, then was connected with Brisbane in 1875.

Old Digger Bundaberg Rum label, image no. 190338, was chosen as picture of the week beginning 24 August 2009. The label shows a cane cutter working in a sugar cane field. The rum was bottled by Walter Reid & Co. Ltd.

Bundaberg Rum is one of the Q150 icons of Queensland.

Colourful gardens in front of the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre in Longreach.  Photograph taken by Ngaire Gale in 1989.  Image no. 908-12-07 was chosen as Picture of the week beginning 17 August 2009.

The Stockman's Hall of Fame is one of the Q150 icons.

Cut clean through, wood chopping competition at the Exhibition, 1907. Image no. APO-047-0001-0026 was chosen as image of the week beginning 10 August 2009, to mark Ekka week in Brisbane.

The Ekka holds a special place in the hearts of Queenslanders. More correctly known as the Royal Queensland Show, these 10 days in August are a favourite event in Queensland's social calendar. The Ekka story and more images can be found in the Features section of Picture Queensland.

'Paronella Park' Castle at Mena Creek, near Innisfail. The castle was designed and built by Spanish immigrant Jose Paronella in the 1930s and displays a Spanish influence in its architectural design. The castle is constructed from concrete, reinforced with old railway track. The concrete was then covered with a plaster made from clay and cement, which was put on by hand. In 1935, the park was officially opened to the public. Paronella Park was chosen as one of the Q150 Queensland icons.

Image no. 110320 was chosen as picture of the week beginning 03 August 2009

Noosa River and its hinterland from the heights of Mt Tingirana, 1970. The creator of the image was Adelie Hurley and the contributor was Queensland Newspapers.

Image no. 193528 was chosen as image of the week beginning 27 July 2009.

Image no. 52433 was image of the week beginning 20 July 2009. Hollywood actress Mary Maguire was Brisbane girl Peggy Maguire who was born in Melbourne on 22 February 1919. She was only 16 when Charles Chauvel cast her in his early epic Heritage (1935). The following year, having changed her name to Mary, she appeared in The Flying Doctor (1936) after which she left for Hollywood.

Mary appeared in several Hollywood films in 1937 before moving to Britain for two years. Her last movie was This was Paris in 1942. She died in Longbeach, California, USA on 18 May 1974, aged 55.