Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya kasance babban mai ba da shawara ga Wivenhoe da Burdekin Dams, yana ƙarfafa haɓakawa da lantarki na tsarin layin dogo na Queensland, da kuma gina Gateway Bridge. An gina filayen jirgin sama, ma'adinan kwal, tashoshin wutar lantarki, da madatsun ruwa a ko'ina cikin jihar. An kafa Jami'ar James Cook. A Brisbane, an gina Cibiyar Al'adu ta Queensland, Jami'ar Griffith, da Kudu maso Gabas, da kuma Kyaftin Cook, Gateway da Merivale gadoji, da kuma Majalisar Dokoki da aka haɗe da Queensland Parliament House. Bjelke-Petersen na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa World Expo 88 (yanzu South Bank Parklands) da kuma
Wasannin Commonwealth na shekarar 1982 a Brisbane.