History
The organisation started as the South Queensland Conservation Council with 12 member groups, and by 1975 it served 66 organisations and had over 300 members. It worked on many of the key campaigns throughout the past forty years,Template:Http://www.qccqld.org.au/index.php?option=com content&task=view&id=270&Itemid=110, QCC website "40 years of conservation history: The life and times of Queensland Conservation" including:
- Protecting the Conondale Range and Fraser Island
- Campaigning against uranium mining at Ranger and Ben Lomond
- Moreton Island, Cape York and Cooloola National Parks
- Conserving the Daintree area and Great Barrier Reef
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