Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information

CHAPTER I.

THE BIRTH OF QUEENSLAND.

Issue of Letters Patent and Order in Council.--Appointment of Sir George Ferguson Bowen as First Governor.--Continuity of Colonial Office Policy.--Instructions to Governor. --Munificent Gift of all Waste Lands of the Crown. --Temporary Limitation of Electoral Suffrage.--Responsible Government Unqualified by Restrictions or Reservations. --Go...