The Royal Queensland Art Society had its inaugural meeting in September 1887 and received the Royal Warrant in 1927. Many of Queensland's leading artists have been associated with the Society. It has a gallery and studio in Brisbane and holds workshops, seminars, life classes and exhibitions. Branches of the RQAS are situated in Brisbane, Rockhampton and the Gold Coast.

Established in February 1942, the Allied Works Council was responsible for carrying out any works required by the Allied Forces in Australia during the Second World War. This included providing any equipment, materials or workmen required to carry out these works. -- from Encyclopedia of Australian Science

Trades and Labor Council of Queensland (1922- ).
Objectives - To act as a unifying body for trade unions in Queensland.
Publicists - From 1970 refer to the annual Official Trades Union Directory.
Notes: The T.L.C. was first set up in 1885 then disbanded in 1889 to make way for the Australian Labor Federation. It was reformed briefly in 1903. It was voted out of existence by the Second Trade Union Congress in 1911 and finally re-established in 1922 with the affiliation of forty-six unions It amalgamated the Trades Hall Board, the Eight Hour Day Committee and the Brisbane Industrial Council. The formation of the present T.L.C. coincided with, and in fact was a direct result of the occupancy of the present Trades Hall by the unions in April 1922. The T.L.C. is the state branch of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Note: The Trades and Labor Council of Queensland was established in 1922. In 1993 it became the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Queensland Branch. In 1999 it was renamed the Queensland Council of Unions.

The Council for Aboriginal Development was formed in 1977 and was a formal advisory body to the Commonwealth Government on programs and policies affected the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In 1980 the functions of the Council for Aboriginal Development were taken over by the Aboriginal Development Commission. On 5 March 1990 the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and the Aboriginal Development Commission merged to become the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

The New South Wales branch of the Melbourne Women's Liberation Movement, based in Glebe, Sydney. Members included Sue Bellamy and Diane Graham.

Pauline Hanson's One Nation is an Australian political party launched in 1997 by politician Pauline Hanson.