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  2. CONQUERING VIRGIN COUNTRY.

    ALTHOUGH a considerable period elapsed between the day Captain Cook beached his vessel at the mouth of the Endeavour River, in 1770, and the time the first settlers crossed the border from New South Wales, it was not long after settlement was established that the wonderful potentialities of that vast country in the North, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 4,113 words
  3. THE FIRST INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION HELD IN BRISBANE (AUGUST, 1876).

    The Photograph shows Governor W. Wellington Cairns opening the Exhibition (which was held under the auspices of the National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland) on August 22. 1876. The Governor is to the right of the two gentlemen behind whom is the doorway. Next to him is Mr. L. A. Bernays, and next again Mr. John Fenwick, with Mr. F. 0. Darvall next but one. On His Excellency's loft is Mr. Gresley Lukin (at that time Managing Director of the "Courier"). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 96 words
  4. MINING.

    THE year 1858 marked the dawn of the golden era, and, really, the birth of the mining industry in Queensland. To those of the ...

    Article : 1,227 words
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  6. OXLEY'S EXPLORATION OF THE BRISBANE RIVER.

    Plan of portion of the river covered by his boat journey in 1823, prepared from the official map published by the New South Wales Government in 1825. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  7. PRESENT-DAY PRODUCTION.

    From the first day Patrick Leslie settled on the Darling Downs, the vast resources of the State have been unfolded gradually: and, in view of its comparatively ...

    Article : 254 words
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