An Evening with Dr. Denver Beanland AM BA PhD

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  Born on 26 January 1945 at St Margaret’s Private Hospital, Kilcoy, Queensland

• Lived on a dairy farm called Avondale located at Mary Smokes Creek, between Kilcoy and Woodford
• Attended the Kalangara State School at Stoney Creek, and continued his secondary education at Caboolture State High School
• Elected as an Alderman of the Brisbane City Council in 1976 and served a period as Deputy Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
• Elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, in 1986, as the member for Toowong renamed Indooroopilly.
• Served as Attorney-General in the Borbidge government from February 1996 to 20 June 1998
• Served as Opposition Spokesperson, prior to 1996, for a number of portfolios including Justice, Transport and Land Management
• Lost his seat of Indooroopilly at the 2001 state election
• After leaving politics, studied at U Q, completing a Bachelor of Arts with first class Honours in History and Doctor of Philosophy in history in 2007. The topic of his PhD thesis was former Queensland Premier Thomas McIlwraith.
• Author of three books and the author of many published articles.
• Chair of the National Archives of Australia Advisory Council.
• Past President of The Royal Historical Society of Queensland, currently serves on the Society’s Council, Elected a Fellow of the Society.
• Chair of the Brisbane City Council’s Heritage Advisory Committee
• Appointed a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia (General Division).

WHERE @ 22 Qualtrough St Woolloongabba
WHEN 11th November 2020 @ 6.30pm
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