QLD 1788-1901 assesment by

Brain

tdacey — 2014-02-27 01:56:37 UTC

Captain James Cook voyaged to Australia from England in 1788

(1788)

http://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/creation-of-state/

tdacey — 2014-02-27 01:58:52 UTC

Europeans settled in Queensland in 1825 when Brisbane was selected as a settlement for the more convicts.

(1825)

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tdacey — 2014-02-27 02:02:11 UTC

The Brisbane settlement was officially closed in 1839 and the land was prepared for sale.

(1839)

http://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/creation-of-state/

tdacey — 2014-02-27 02:06:00 UTC

In 1851, a public meeting was held to consider Queensland's separation from New South Wales.

(1851)

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tdacey — 2014-02-27 02:07:56 UTC

Queen Victoria approved and signed Letters on 6 June 1859 to establish the new colony of Queensland.

(1859)

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tdacey — 2014-02-27 02:10:36 UTC

Queensland Day is celebrated on 6 June, recognising the birth of the state.

(Happens every year there's no date)

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tdacey — 2014-02-27 02:13:12 UTC

After the separation from New South Wales, towns outside Brisbane began to develop. In 1860 Ipswich and Rockhampton were officially towns.

(1860)

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tdacey — 2014-02-27 02:19:33 UTC

Queensland's first elections were held in 1860. Robert George Wyndham Herbert lead the first elected government as Premier.

(1860)

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tdacey — 2014-02-28 00:05:42 UTC

The discovery of affordable gold near Rockhampton was one of the many discoveries that encouraged development in QLD helped to protect the state from the effects of the 1866 sadness.

(1866)

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tdacey — 2014-02-28 00:08:28 UTC

In 1866, Queensland gold banknotes were issued for the first time.

(1866)

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tdacey — 2014-02-28 00:15:34 UTC

The decree Actorganisation the formal institutions of government including parliament and the executive government.

(1867)

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tdacey — 2014-02-28 00:18:33 UTC

In 1876 the current design of the QLD flag was officially made.

(1876)

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tdacey — 2014-02-28 00:21:18 UTC

By 1891 wool had become an enormous industry in Australia.

(1891)

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tdacey — 2014-02-28 00:24:33 UTC

these powers of removal continued until 1971 when the Act had minor changes.

(until 1971)

Brain

tdacey — 2014-02-28 00:25:57 UTC

Then in 1901 it was the begging of federation.

(1901)

Towards Independence Book

tdacey — 2014-03-02 23:39:15 UTC

John Curtin is born in Creswick Victoria.