On March 5 1990 the Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and the Aboriginal Development Commission merged to become the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

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.

From 1850 the business was known as Flavelle Brothers, run by John and Henry Flavelle. John Roberts joined the brothers in 1868 when the firm became know as Flavelle Bros & Roberts. In 1891 Robert Sankey became a partner the firm. From that time the firm was known as Flavelle, Roberts and Sankey.

The first meeting of the Council for Aboriginal Development was held in Alice Springs on 24 July 1978. The Council for Aboriginal Development was one of group of bodies recommended be established by the Committee of Inquiry into the Role of the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee in 1976. One of the tasks of the Council was to consider whether the Commonwealth Electoral Act should be amended to provide for compulsory enrolment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The functions of the Council for Aboriginal Development were taken over by the Aboriginal Development Commission in 1981.

Having trained under William Hodgen Jr, Arthur W. F. Bligh established his own architectural practice in Toowoomba in 1926. In 1933 Bligh moved to Brisbane, where he developed a strong reputation in the housing sector. His innovative use of brickwork was the foundation of his early success and contributed to the growth in popularity of brick homes in Brisbane in the pre-war years. After the appointment of Colin Jessup as a full partner in 1946 and Athol Bretnall in 1957, the firm took the name Bligh, Jessup, Bretnall and Partners. The practice continued after Bligh's retirement in 1974. In 1977 the firm was renamed Bligh Voller Nield Architecture; which was shortened to BVN Architects in 2009.

Robin Gibson established an architectural practice in Brisbane under the name R. F. Gibson Architect in the late 1950s, employing student architects Gabriel Poole, Geoffrey Pie and Robert Collin. Around 1970 the practice was renamed Robin Gibson and Partners. Over the next three decades the firm was responsible for some of the most prominent public architecture in Brisbane, including the various stages of the Queensland Cultural Centre, the Queen Street Mall, and the ANZAC-Post Office Square redevelopment. The practice was wound up in 2013 when Gibson retired.

The Presbyterian Church established a mission at Mornington Island in 1914. The Mornington Island Shire Countil was constituted around 1978.

The third A.I.C.C. conference was held in Queensland, most likely in Mackay, in 1986. A.I.C.C. most likely stands for the Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress or perhaps an earlier version of the Aboriginal Co-Ordinating Council (ACC) based in Cairns.

W. Wodgen and Hodgen was the architectural firm consisting of William Hodgen and his sons Neil Nelson Hodgen (1909-1938) and Owen Frederick Hodgen (1911-1989).