''Growing Up in Queensland and Queensland Growing Up' was the theme of the first Public Address of an annual series organised by the Queensland Studies Centre to mark the anniversary of Separation Day (10 December 1859). Hosted by Griffith University on 8th December 1993, the inaugural Public Address also served to launch the Centre's first major conference, which was organised around the related theme of 'Defining Queensland: Histories and Futures'.' (Introduction)