Joh Bjelke-Petersen

The Honourable Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, KCMG (13 January, 1911 - 23 April 2005) was an Australian politician who was Premier of the state of Queensland from 1968 to 1987, the state's longest serving Premier. His populist and authoritarian style made an indelible impact both within Queensland and elsewhere within Australia.

References

The Deep North by Deane Wells (1979) (Outback Press)

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• {{note|land_policy}} cabinet memo dated September 1972, quoted in Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen.