AQ034 Cultural Policy.qxd - Arts Queensland

Introduction
The Queensland Government
Cultural Policy, Creative
Queensland, provides a whole-of-
Government framework to underpin the
Government’s investment in arts and
cultural development.
It recognises the unique contribution
that the arts make to Queensland’s
cultural life.
A strategic investment in arts and
cultural development will contribute to
achieving the Queensland Government’s
vision for:
Queensland to be a
culturally dynamic
place, rich in diversity
and experiences -
where ideas and talent
are supported; where
artistic and cultural
pursuits are
encouraged; and where
the economy is
enhanced by excellence
in creative innovation.
Central to this vision is
a respect for diversity
and the cultural rights
of Indigenous people.
To achieve this vision, the Queensland
Government will invest in people,
communities, places, collections and
traditions, and creative enterprise to:
• promote individual and community
wellbeing, participation in the arts
and access to arts and cultural
events and collections;
• provide jobs and training
opportunities in the cultural and
creative industries and foster the
creation of local content for
knowledge economy enterprises; and
• strengthen community capacity and
our sense of identity, foster social
cohesion, and enhance infrastructure
and cultural services.
These outcomes contribute directly to
the Queensland Government priorities of
Community engagement and a better
quality of life, More Jobs for Queensland
- Skills and Innovation - The Smart State,
and Building Queensland’s regions.
The Queensland Government will
invest in people, communities,
places, collections and traditions,
and creative enterprise
Donna Marcus, Spine and Bone, 1998, aluminium (teapots). Photo courtesy of
the artist and Artbank. Artist represented by Diane Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne.
MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY
35,200 to 500 years ago
Archaeological evidence of
Aboriginal occupation at
Nurrabullgin (Mt Mulligan),
100 kilometres west of Cairns.
27,700 years ago Rock
painting in the Laura
1.
region practised by Aboriginal
artists. What is known as the
Quinkan style dominated from
4,000 years ago and painting
and engravings continued until
European contact.
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22,300 years
ago Aboriginal
occupation
recorded at
Kenniff Cave in
the Carnarvon
Ranges.
2,700 years ago Earliest
evidence of sustained
settlement in the Torres Strait.
1824 Foundation of the
Moreton Bay Settlement.
1. Photo courtesy the Environmental
Protection Agency.
1847 Former Sydney Theatre
Royal performer and tightrope
walker George Croft opens
Queensland’s first
amphitheatre in Brisbane.
1851 First School of Arts
building opened at corner of
Creek and Queen Streets in
October.
1853 Aboriginal man Tetaree
(alias James Alexander) gives
Brisbane School of Arts concert
after being tutored in England.
The Queensland Government’s role in
achieving the Creative Queensland
vision is to stimulate an environment
that promotes growth and innovation in
the arts sector and the cultural and
creative industries.
1858 Ex-convict William Wilkes
has first of seven short stories
published in the Moreton Bay
Courier under the name of
Jack Bushman.
1858 German pianist Otto
Linden forms Brisbane
Philharmonic Society.
1859 Queensland colony
separates from New South Wales.
1859 The formation of the first
scientific society in
Queensland - the Philosophical
Society - formed the collections
that were to become those of
the Queensland
Museum.
1862 The
Queensland
Museum
64729 established.
1865 Brisbane’s Town Hall
opens in Queen Street, between
George and Albert Streets. It was
also used as a concert venue.
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