There was also controversy in this period when the government forced the University publishers to withdraw the second volume of Ross Fitzgerald 's History of Queensland .
The university awarded an honorary doctorate of law to Premier Bjelke - Petersen .
There was also controversy in this period when the government forced the University publishers to withdraw the second volume of Ross Fitzgerald 's History of Queensland , and the university awarded an honorary doctorate of law to Premier Bjelke - Petersen .