The Queensland Branch of the Australian Society of Soil Science Inc selected a Vertosol as the State soil.
Vertosols are clay soils with shrink-swell properties that cause deep and wide cracking on drying. More than half of Australia’s Vertosols are found in Queensland, where they occupy 28% of the State’s total area. 58% of the State’s cropping area is located on Vertosols. They occur on mainly on alluvial plains, weathered sedimentary rocks (e.g. shales mudstones) and weathered basalt. Vegetation associations include grassland (e.g. Mitchell grass), open eucalypt woodland (e.g. Queensland blue gum) and brigalow/gidgee forests.
Queensland Branch Email: qld@soilscienceaustralia.org.au
At the 2014 Annual General Meeting of the Queensland Branch there were five major changes to the by-laws voted on and passed which related to the committee structure and the funding limits that can be approved by the committee without an OGM. A copy of the by-laws can be provided upon request.
| YEAR | PRESIDENT | VICE PRESIDENT | TREASURER | SECRETARY |
| 2015-16 | J McLean Bennett | M Crawford | D Brough | K Williams |
| 2014-15 | G Kopittke | K Brown | D Doolan | J McLean Bennett |
| 2013-14 | D Brough | G Kopittke | D Doolan | J McLean Bennett |
| 2012-13 | S Buchanan | D Brough | G Kitzrow | S Santomartino |
| 2011-12 | L Cartwright | S Buchanan | R Bruce | S Santomartino |
| 2010-11 | A McElnea | L Cartwright | R Bruce | K Bryant |
| 2009-10 | T Baumgartl | A McElnea | G Kopittke | K Marchiori |
| 2008-09 | P Kopittke | T Baumgartl | G Kopittke | K Marchiori |
| 2007-08 | B Harms | P Kopittke | K Diefel/A McElnea | B Carey |
| 2006-07 | K Watling | P Tolmie | S Catchpoole | B Carey |
| 2005-06 | D Yule | K Watling | P Kopittke | B Carey |
| 2004-05 | R Thwaites | D Yule | P Kopittke | K Watling |
| 2003-04 | A Biggs | R Thwaites | C Vacher | RC Bruce |
| 2002-03 | MJ Grundy | A Biggs | C Vacher | RC Bruce |
| 2001-02 | AA Webb | MJ Grundy | PG Shields | RC Bruce |
| 2000-01 | KM Hey | AA Webb | AE McElnea | G Kopittke /RC Bruce |
| 1999-00 | M Littleboy /RJ Loch | KM Hey | AE McElnea | FPC Blamey |
| 1998-99 | DM Freebairn | M Littleboy | A Biggs | SR Raine |
| 1997-98 | NW Menzies | DM Freebairn | A Biggs | SR Raine |
| 1996-97 | CR Ahern | NW Menzies | DE Baker | SR Raine |
| 1995-96 | GH Price | CR Ahern | J Standley | HM Hunter |
| 1994-95 | B Powell | GH Price | J Standley | CR Ahern |
| 1993-94 | BM Schafer | B Powell | RC Dalal | CR Ahern |
| 1992-93 | GE Rayment | BM Schafer | SF Glanville | CR Ahern |
| 1991-92 | BJ Bridge | GE Rayment | SF Glanville | ME Probert |
| 1990-91 | WM Strong | BJ Bridge | DE Baker | PG Shields |
| 1989-90 | RC Bruce | WM Strong | DE Baker | NW Menzies |
| 1988-89 | ME Probert | RC Bruce | AA Webb | RJ Hartigan |
| 1987-88 | KJ Coughlan | ME Probert | EA Gardner | BA Forster |
| 1986-87 | PG Saffigna | KJ Coughlan | ME Probert | RW Plenderleith |
| 1985-86 | HB So | PG Saffigna | BJ Bridge | RL Aitken |
| 1984-85 | JP Thompson | WB So | EK Best | DM Freebairn |
| 1983-84 | RJ Myers | JP Thompson | DF Cameron | AB McBratney |
| 1982-83 | NM Dawson | RJ Myers | BM Schafer | BE Vandersee |
| 1981-82 | LC Bell | NM Dawson | PW Moody | RL Aitken |
| 1980-81 | I Vallis | LC Bell | R Ison | GG Beckmann |
| 1979-80 | PR Stevens | I Vallis | PB Powell | PG Saffigna |
| 1978-79 | AL Clarke | PR Stevens | MJ Whitehouse | SE Macnish |
| 1977-78 | RC McDonald | AL Clarke | MJ Whitehouse | GE Rayment |
| 1976-77 | JS Russell | RC McDonald | RJ Myers | I Vallis |
| 1975-76 | SA Waring | JS Russell | NM Dawson | AS Black |
| 1974-75 | BJ Crack | SA Waring | NM Dawson | RC Bruce |
| 1973-74 | IF Fergus | BJ Crack | IP Little | R Reeve |
| 1972-73 | DG Edwards | IF Fergus | CJ Asher | LC Bell |
| 1971-72 | GG Beckmann | DG Edwards | PJ Ross | I Vallis |
| 1970-71 | HS Briggs | GG Beckmann | RD Ridge | KJ Coughlan |
| 1969-70 | WE Fox | HS Briggs | KJ Coughlan | JD Hughes |
| 1968-69 | GB Stirk | WE Fox | HS Briggs | GG Beckmann |
| 1967-68 | AW Moore | GB Stirk | HS Briggs | GG Beckmann |
| 1966-67 | KC Leverington | AW Moore | H Hassler | RE White |
| 1965-66 | F Chippendale | KC Leverington | H Hassler | A Hegarty |
| 1964-65 | CH Thompson | F Chippendale | IP Little | IF Fergus |
| 1963-64 | PJ Skerman | CH Thompson | JD Hughea | WE Fox |
| 1962-63 | AE Martin | PJ Skerman | GB Stirk | RF Isbell |
| 1960-62 | JE Coaldrake | AE Martin | R Reeve | RE Prebble |
| 1958-60 | CR von Stieglitz | PJ Skerman (JE Coaldrake) | H Hassler | JD Hughes |
| 1956-58 | GD Hubble | RE Prebble | CH Thompson |
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