Sir Joh and Lady Florence Bjelke-Petersen collection
Collection
Items from the estate of Sir Joh and Lady Florence Bjelke-Petersen and include: a briefcase; posters; recipe; diary; Patent; cake tin; coaster sets; commemorative plate; two original oil paintings ; family photographs; visitors book.
Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen KCMG (13 January 1911 - 23 April 2005) was an Australian conservative politician. He was the longest-serving and longest-lived Premier of Queensland, holding office from 1968 to 1987, during which time the state underwent considerable economic development. He has become one of the most well-known and controversial figures of 20th-century Australian politics because of his uncompromising conservatism. Florence Isabel Bjelke-Petersen (née Gilmour; 11 August 1920 - 20 December 2017) was an Australian politician and author. She was a member of the Australian Senate from 1981 to 1993, and was the wife of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. She was styled as Lady Bjelke-Petersen upon her husband's knighthood, and was also known informally as Lady Flo.
Multiple copyright statuses.