Denver Beanland collection
Collection
The collection comprises personal papers, photographs, correspondence, speech notes, certificates and political ephemera relating to the life and career of Denver Beanland who served as an alderman in the Brisbane City Council, a member of the Queensland parliament, including a period as Attorney-General, and leader of the Queensland Liberal Party.
Denver Edward Beanland was born in Kilcoy, Queensland. He grew up on the family dairy farm 'Avondale', which was located at Mary Smokes Creek between Kilcoy and Woodford. Beanland attended Kalangara State School at Stoney Creek and Caboolture State High School. He was elected as an alderman of the Brisbane City Council in 1976 and served on the council until 1986, including a period as Deputy Lord Mayor. In 1986 he entered state politics, representing the seat of Toowong until 1992, when it was renamed Indooroopilly. He represented Indooroopilly until 2001. Beanland was leader of the Queensland Liberal Party from May 1990 until November 1991 and became deputy leader in 1995. He served as Attorney-General in the Borbidge government from February 1996 until June 1998. After politics Denver Beanland pursued studies in history at the University of Queensland and was awarded a PHD for his thesis on Queensland Premier Sir Thomas McIlwraith.
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