History of Queensland British migration to Queensland. The Mount Mulligan mine disaster killed 75 workers in 1921. In 1922, the Queensland Legislative Council was abolished, making Queensland the only Australian state (to this day) without a bicameral legislature. On the 9 June 1925 the Traverston rail disaster occurs - the worst rail disaster in Queensland's history until 1947. In 1927, the Duke and Duchess of York toured Queensland. They were here to open Parliament House in Canberra but spent time in southern Queensland to meet and greet people. In 1928, the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia makes first flight, departing from Cloncurry.
John Flynn (director) assistant on "Odds Against Tomorrow". Flynn subsequently worked as the script supervisor on "West Side Story" and as a second assistant director on "Kid Galahad" and "Two for the Seesaw". He then worked as first assistant director on "The Great Escape" and second unit director on "Kings of the Sun" ("a bullshit script, a popcorn script," according to Flynn). This was directed by J. Lee Thompson who used Flynn again as an assistant director on "What a Way to Go!" and "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!". In 1966, Wise set up a company to produce low-budget films that others would