The year is 1896 and Sir Hugh Nelson is the 11th Premier of Queensland. In the same year the Local Authorities Association (now LGAQ) is officially established.

Gayndah is the oldest gazetted town in Queensland (1849) and was once considered as a possible capital for the state.

Spring Hill Baths, built is 1886, are the oldest public swimming baths in the southern hemisphere.

It covers an area of 106,188.4 square kilometres (40,999.6 sq mi).

In 1891 the first freezing works was established on the Ross River, Townsville.

In 1939, Paterson stood successfully as an alderman for the Townsville City Council, becoming the first member of the Communist Party to win such an office in Australia.

Miss Robinson was elected as an Alderman to the Toowoomba Council in 1961 and was elected Queensland's first female mayor in 1967.

Richard Ash Kingsford, the first mayor of Cairns, was the grandfather of Charles Kingsford Smith

Where were the nation's first hydroelectric street lights installed in 1898?

Babina celebrates with a history and memorabilia display

Learn a little about our first women elected member in Queensland.

Do you know which community has the oldest water tower in Queensland?

We asked you to tell us and here is what we discovered...