Queensland Week
6-13 June 2009
Queensland Week is celebrated across the state each year. 2009 was our 150th anniversary and there was no better time than 2009 to reflect on what it meant to be a Queenslander. This is how we celebrated Queensland Week in 2009.
Queensland Week events calendar
Friday 5 June
Greenfest
Friday 5 to Sunday 7 June 2009
Brisbane Botanic Gardens
The Dreaming - Australia's International Indigenous Festival
Friday 5 to Monday 8 June
Woodford
Friday 5 June
Queensland Day in Mount Isa
Q150 celebrated Queensland Day in Mount Isa, where the Q150 Shed and Q150 Steam Train came together for a weekend of celebrations.
The Mount Isa Recreation Park, a Q150 Legacy Infrastructure Project, was officially opened on the eve Queensland Day. The Mount Isa celebrations were termed 'Mega Day Out', and brought the community together.
Saturday 6 June
Queensland Day Citizenship Ceremony
Saturday 6 June, 11.30am
Suncorp Piazza, the Parklands, South Bank
Creative Generation - State Schools Onstage
Saturday 6 June, 7.00pm
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Cooktown Re-enactment Committee costume ball
Saturday 6 June
Cooktown Shire Hall, Cooktown
Queensland Week Gun Salute
Saturday 6 June, 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm
Cultural Forecourt, the Parklands, South Bank
Victoria Barracks Historical Society's military re-enactment unit fired its four 1850s bronze, muzzle loaded cannons in salute to Queensland Day. The Society that administers 'A' Battery, Queensland Permanent artillery, circa 1896, has fired the Queensland Day Gun Salute for 15 years.
Queensland pipe band championships and Queensland solo piping/solo drumming championships
Saturday 6 June
Limestone Park, Ipswich
Stitches of the Heart - an exhibition exploring Greek embroidery in Queensland
Saturday 6 to Monday 8 June
Fortitude Valley
Sunday 7 June
RACQ Big BBQ
Sunday 7 June, 10.30am-3.30pm
Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane City
Comedy Fix
Sunday 7 June, 7.30pm
Suncorp Piazza, The Parklands, South Bank
Old Government House opening
Sunday 7 June
QUT, Gardens Point
Queensland Day at Templin Museum
Sunday 7 June
Monday 8 June
25 Down by Richard Jordan
Monday 8 June to Saturday 4 July
Winner of the 2008/09 Queensland Premier's Drama Award
Tuesday 9 June
Suncorp Queenslanders of the Year announcement
Tuesday 9 June
Q150 commemorative stamps
Available from Tuesday 9 June 2009
Wednesday 10 June
Top 150 Queensland icons announcement
Wednesday 10 June
Thursday 11 June
Queensland Greats announcement
Thursday 11 June
Friday 12 June
Police Induction Spectacular
Friday 12 June
Queensland Police Academy, Oxley
Saturday 13 June
Queenslanders' Cruise
Saturday 13 June
Kookaburra River Queens, Brisbane
South Bank's Regional Flavours
Saturday 13 June, 10.00am-3.00pm
The Parklands, South Bank
South Bank's Regional Flavours provided Brisbane residents with a unique opportunity to experience a selection of fine wine and fresh produce from the award-winning growing regions in the South-East.
Last reviewed 9 February 2010
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