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Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Peterson opening the Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane, 1972

Joh Bjelke-Peterson was Premier of Queensland from 1968 until 1987.

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State of Queensland, Department of the Premier and Cabinet; QSA Item ID 436346

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