Joh: Last King of Queensland captures Bjelke-Petersen’s political persona – but omits key details of the story
- Written by John Mickel, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
StanThe new documentary film Joh: Last King of Queensland offers a dramatised account of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s premiership from 1968 to 1987.
Directed by Kriv Stenders, using reenactments (Bjelke-Petersen is played by Richard Roxburgh), archival footage and contemporary interviews, the film portrays him as a complex and polarising...





