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Biographical entry: Bjelke Petersen, Marie (1874 - 1969)

Born: 1874
Died: 1969
Occupation: Environmentalist, Naturopath and Writer

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Bjelke Petersen arrived in Hobart with her Danish family in 1890. She helped her brothers teach physical education, but after a breakdown in 1907 this lifelong spinster produced nine throbbing, pulsating, romantic novels, mostly set in Tasmanian mines or bush. With her companion Sylvia Mills, Marie travelled widely to research the background material, which led to vivid descriptions in her books, probably accurate. Over 250,000 copies of her novels were sold; in 1922 the London Athenaeum magazine included Dusk in its pick of the publishing season; and Louise Lovely filmed Jewelled Nights in 1925.

Ahead of her time, Marie espoused the causes of environmentalism and health foods, and was a devoted if idiosyncratic Christian. As literary tastes changed, her novels became outdated, and after 1938 none was accepted for publication. A nephew became premier of Queensland.

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Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Premier of Queensland from 1968 to 1987

Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen^[b]KCMG (13 January 1911 – 23 April 2005) was an Australian politician. He was the longest-servingpremier of Queensland, holding office from 1968 to 1987 as state leader of the National Party (earlier known as the Country Party).

Bjelke-Petersen was born in New Zealand's North Island to Danish immigrant parents. His family moved back to Australia when he was a child and settled on farming property near Kingaroy, Queensland. He left school at the age of 14 and went into farming. Bjelke-Petersen was elected to the Kingaroy Shire Council in 1946 and to the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1947 state election. He would serve in state parliament for over 40 years, holding the seats of Nanango (1947–1950) and Barambah (1950–1987).

Bjelke-Petersen was appointed as a government minister in 1963 and succeeded as premier and Country Party leader in 1968 following the death of Jack Pizzey. He would lead the party to seven consecutive election victories, governing i

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Hon Joh Bjelke-Petersen KCMG

Hon Joh Bjelke-Petersen KCMG, longest-serving Premier of Queensland from 1968 until 1987 was born in New Zealand in 1911. He came as a two-year-old to Australia and his family farmed at Kingaroy in Queensland. In 1947 he entered politics as the National Party MLA for Nanango, and from 1950 for the seat of Barambah, which he held until his resignation in December 1987. He was Queensland Minister for Works and Housing from 1963 until he became Premier in 1968.

Bjelke-Petersen's period as Premier was marked by the rapid economic development of Queensland and population growth occasioned by the abolition of death duties. His style was individualistic, attracting both intense devotion and ridicule. His oft-repeated line 'Don't you worry about that' has become an enduring phrase in Australian political memory. 'Expo '88' in Brisbane would have been his crowning achievement, but disunity in his party led to his resignation in December 1987.

In 1986, having won an election against the odds, Sir Joh was regarded by his supporters as a possible conservative