Toolkit items · About Queensland Week Queensland Week is an annual celebration of the state’s...

Put on a sunny face.

www.qld.gov.au/queenslandweekGreat state. Great opportunity.

Colour us in!

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Toolkit items:

1. Visor

2. Hand-waver flag

3. Bunting

4. Cut-out sunglasses

5. Colouring-in sheet

6. Cut-out novelty office tie

7. Blank poster template

8. Information fact sheet

www.qld.gov.au/queenslandweek queenslandweek @queenslandweek

Toolkit

How to make your Queensland Week sun visor:Step 1. Print out the other page of this file on thick paper or card.

Step 2. Cut around the edge of the visor.

Step 3. Punch holes in the ends of the visor.

Step 4. Join the ends with a piece of string or elastic.

Step 5. Get your Queensland on and look cool in your new sun visor.

Step 6. Take a photo and share it on social media—don’t forget to #qldweek

www.qld.gov.au/queenslandweek queenslandweek

Enjoy the best of the Sunshine State in your own sun visor.

Great state. Great opportunity.

@queenslandweek

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How to make your Queensland Week flag:Step 1. Print out this file.

Step 2. Cut around the flag.

Step 3. Stick the front and back of the flag together.

Step 4. Fold along the dotted line.

Step 5. Use glue or sticky tape to attach a stick into the fold.

Step 6. Press the flap down over the stick and tape it to the back of the flag.

Step 7. Wave your flag proudly at a great Queensland Week event.

Step 8. Take a photo and share it on social media—don’t forget to #qldweek.

Celebrate with your own flag.



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How to make your Queensland Week bunting:Step 1. Print out the other page of this file as many times as you want (each page equals about a metre of bunting).

Step 2. Cut around each flag.

Step 3. Tape the blank side of the flags to a length of string along the dotted line. Leave a 10cm space between each flag.

Step 4. Fold over the back flap along the dotted line and tape down.

Step 5. Hang your bunting to show you’re in the party mood this Queensland Week.

Step 6. Take a photo and share it on social media—don’t forget to #qldweek.


Celebrate with your own party bunting.


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Go troppo this Queensland Week with these great pineapple sunnies.


Kids size

How to make your new glasses:Step 1. Print this sheet out onto thick paper or card.Step 2. Colour in your glasses.Step 3. Cut around the edges.Step 5. Fold along the dotted lines.Step 6. Tape the arms to the front of your glasses.Step 7. Look cool in your new glasses.Step 8. Take a photo and share it on social media—don’t forget to #qldweek

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How to make your new glasses:Step 1. Print this sheet out onto thick paper or card.Step 2. Colour in your glasses.Step 3. Cut around the edges.Step 5. Fold along the dotted lines.Step 6. Tape the arms to the front of your glasses.Step 7. Look cool in your new glasses.Step 8. Take a photo and share it on social media—don’t forget to #qldweek

Go troppo this Queensland Week with these great pineapple sunnies.


Adult size

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www.qld.gov.au/queenslandweek


Colour us in!

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Cut-out novelty tie

How to make your Queensland Week novelty tie:

Step 1. Print out the other page of this file on thick paper or card.

Step 2. Cut around the edge of the tie.

Step 3. Punch two holes at the edges of the top of the tie.

Step 4. Attach the tie around your neck by threading string through the holes. Make sure it’s not too tight.

Step 5. Get your Queensland on and show off your true Queenslander style in the office.

Step 6. Take a photo and upload it to social media – don’t forget to #qldweek.



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About Queensland WeekQueensland Week is an annual celebration of the state’s culture, heritage, people and industry. This year Queensland Week will be held from 31 May to 8 June.

The week-long celebration centres around the state’s birthday on 6 June and acknowledges the ‘birth’ of Queensland as a separate colony in its own right.

Since 1981, Queensland’s birthday has been officially promoted by the Queensland Government and expanded to include a series of events and celebrations.

A highlight of Queensland Week is the prestigious Queensland Greats Awards, which is announced in Brisbane by the Premier.

Other events held during Queensland Week in 2014 include the state’s official Citizenship Ceremony, The Great Queensland Week Adventure Trail and the celebration of Queensland Day in the Office for working Queenslanders.

In celebrating Queensland Week, the community can share a sense of pride in being both an Australian and a Queenslander. It is a time to reflect on how lucky we are to be part of such a wonderful lifestyle.

This is a statewide party and everyone is invited.

History of Queensland DayMoves towards statehood for Queensland began with a public meeting in 1851 to consider separation from New South Wales.

As the push for separation gained momentum, Queen Victoria was approached to consider establishing a separate colony based on Moreton Bay. The Queen gave her approval and signed the Letters Patent on 6 June 1859. Not surprisingly, she favoured the name Queensland over suggestions to call it Cooksland in honour of Captain James Cook.

The new colony of Queensland was established. With the word ‘Separation’ painted on its hull, the ship Clarence sailed into Brisbane on 10 July to be greeted by a jubilant crowd eagerly anticipating the news of separation.

They welcomed Clarence with a 14-gun salute, a ‘blue light’ display and fireworks.

On 20 July, celebrations resumed with the news that Sir George Ferguson Bowen would be the state’s first Governor. Fireworks, cannon fire, flag raisings and the sound of a gun shot expressed the public’s sentiment.

On 10 December of that year, Governor Bowen arrived in Brisbane to a civic reception in the Botanical Gardens.

He officially marked the historic occasion of statehood by reading a proclamation from the verandah of the Deanery of St John’s Cathedral.


Coat of ArmsQueen Victoria granted the Queensland Coat of Arms, the oldest State Arms in Australia, to the Colony of Queensland in 1893.

The Coat of Arms symbolises the Queen’s constitutional authority in the state.

It was the first Arms assigned to a British colony since Charles II granted Jamaica its Arms in 1661.

As of August 2012, the Queensland Coat of Arms has been used as the government’s corporate logo.

Meaning behind the symbolsPrimary industries take pride of place on the Coat of Arms, in line with economic trends in the nineteenth century.

Rural activities are represented by a sheaf of wheat, the heads of a bull and a ram, and two stalks of sugar cane, which surround the state badge at the top.

The prominence of mining is represented by a column of gold rising from a heap of quartz.

On the Coat of Arms is Queensland’s state motto, Audax at Fidelis, which means ‘bold but faithful’.

In 1977, during The Queen’s Silver Jubilee year, the Coat of Arms was given a more modern appearance when Queen Elizabeth II granted the addition of supporting animals, the brolga and the red deer.

The brolga is one of Queensland’s most distinctive birds and symbolises the native population. The red deer was introduced from the royal herds near London and represents the old world.

State flagThe Queensland flag features two components: the Union Jack in the upper left corner and the Maltese Cross, with a superimposed Royal Crown.

The state flag was first introduced in 1876 when Queensland was a self-governing British colony with its own navy.

State badgeThe badge of Queensland was developed from the need to include a seal or badge in the design of the state flag.

The badge was adopted as part of the state flag on 29 November 1876. It is officially described as ‘On a Roundel

Argent a Maltese Cross Azure surmounted with a Royal Crown’. It was designed by William Hemmant, the then Queensland Colonial Secretary and Treasurer.

It is not known why this was chosen as a suitable badge. However, it is interesting to note that a Maltese Cross is the final stop on the legend band around the Great Seal of Queensland (1859). The Royal Crown also appears on this seal.

In 1893, the badge was incorporated into the Queensland Coat of Arms.

The Royal Crown has been altered slightly since the badge was first adopted under Queen Victoria’s rule, as succeeding monarchs have preferred different interpretations of the Crown.

It was last altered in 1963, after Queen Elizabeth II decided to reproduce the Crown during her reign.

Our state emblems

Animal (faunal) emblemThe koala was officially named the animal (faunal) emblem of Queensland in 1971, after a newspaper poll showed strong public support for this endearing marsupial.

The Queensland Government introduced the poll due to a proposal by state tourism

ministers for all states to adopt a faunal emblem.

Floral emblemThe Cooktown orchid became known as Queensland’s floral emblem in 1959, during celebrations to mark the state’s centenary.

Before this, the distinctive native flower had long been popularly considered as Queensland’s unofficial floral emblem.

This was according to a government-sponsored newspaper public opinion poll taken in the centenary year.

The State Parliament endorsed the popular choice in the now repealed Badge, Arms, Floral and Other Emblems of Queensland Act 1959.

The orchid was commemorated in 1968 on the 25 cent stamp and, more recently, on the $1.20 stamp in 1998.

Image © Murray Fagg Australian National Botanic Gardens

Bird emblemThe brolga has featured on the Queensland Coat of Arms since 1977. It wasn’t until January 1986 that it was announced as the official bird emblem of Queensland.

Aquatic emblemThe Barrier Reef Anemone Fish was officially named as Queensland’s aquatic emblem in March 2005. The public nominated the species as their preferred representative for Queensland.

The Australian Underwater Federation originally developed the idea to introduce

an official aquatic emblem for Queensland. As a result, a panel of experts, chaired by the Queensland Museum, suggested a shortlist of aquatic species.

The public were then invited to have their say on the shortlist during an eight-week consultation process.

Image © Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

State gemThe sapphire was named the official state gem for Queensland in August 1985.

State colourOn 13 November 2003, the Governor in Council officially named maroon as Queensland’s state colour.

This announcement was made as a result of a long-held, but informal, tradition of using maroon to represent Queensland.

Maroon has traditionally been associated with Queensland sport in particular and is the official colour (in combination with gold) for rugby league club the Brisbane Broncos.

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