How old is Queensland turning this year?

Answer 1

150 years ago

Queen Victoria approved and signed Letters Patent on June the 6th 1859 establishing the new colony of Queensland. On that day an Order-in-Council gave Queensland its Constitution. Queensland became a self-governing colony with its own Governor, a nominated Legislative Council and an elected Legislative Assembly. June 6 is now celebrated by Queenslanders as the day acknowledging the birth of Queensland. On December 10, Queensland's first Governor, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, officially proclaimed Queensland to be a separate colony from New South Wales