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Welcome to the Queensland Page for the Australian State and Colony of Queensland.

Queensland Team

Team Leader: David Urquhart concentrating on people and places in the area of the Burdekin River in Queensland, shipwrecks and cyclones in the area.

Team members:

• Peter Kane
• Robert Kopp
• A Farrell
• Mike Larsen
• Nathan Johansen
• Maree Evans
• Dianne Garner
• Chris Wright
• Leigh Chester-Master
• Linda Armstrong
• Kathy Thomson
• Terry Campbell
• Peter Cummins
• Diane Darcy
• Anonymous Thomsen
• Mel Hayward

Please join us. Since we are a part of the Australia Project, you must join the Australia Project first. You will then be added to the team.

Queensland History (very brief)

From 1829 to 1859 'Queensland' was a district or districts of the Colony of New South Wales. During this time, the Moreton Bay District was a penal settlement for incorrigible, repeat offenders until 1842. It then began to open-up to agricultural pursuits. The term used today to describe the period is Pre-Separation.

Queensland Day is officially celebrated on 6th June as the birthday of Queensland as it was on this day in 1859 that Queen Victoria gave her approval and signed the Letters Patent for a colony separate to New South Wales, of which the Moreton Bay Settlement had been part since 1829. It was the Queen who selected the name, Queen's Land (as she had six years earlier for Victoria). On the same day, an Order-in-Council gave Queensland its own Constitution, its own Governor, a nominated Legislative Council and an elected Legislative Assembly.Wikipedia:Queensland

On 10th December 1859, Queensland's first Governor and his wife, Sir George and Lady Bowen (nee Contessa Diamantina di Roma), arrived in Brisbane to a civic reception in the Botanic Gardens. He was 'sworn-in' by Queensland's first judge, Judge Alfred Lutwyche. Bowen officially marked the historic occasion of separation by reading a proclamation from the verandah of the temporary government house, Adelaide House (now the Deanery of St John's Cathedral, Ann Street, Brisbane). Accompanying the Bowens on the voyage was his private secretary, Robert Herbert, who would be appointed Queensland's first Premier. After Brisbane, Ipswich and Rockhampton were gazetted as towns in 1860, with Maryborough and Warwick being likewise the following year. Brisbane was linked by electric telegraph to Sydney in 1861. Townsville was gazetted as a town in 1865. James Nash's discovery of gold at Gympie was invaluable to the nascent Queensland colony, saving it from bankruptcy. Richard Daintree's explorations also led to several goldfields being developed in North Queensland in the late 1860s. In 1883, Queensland's population passed the 250,000 mark and 500,000 in 1900.

The Colony of Queensland became a State when it joined the federation of Great Britain's six Australian Colonies on 1st January 1901 (the date that Queen Victoria gave her approval to an Act of Parliament and signed the Letters Patent), forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Brisbane was proclaimed as Queensland's first city in 1902.

• Queensland and the History of Queensland at Wikipedia.

Queensland Team To-Do List

When working with profiles of individuals associated with Queensland:

• Create new profiles after you've done your best to ensure it is not a duplicate.
  • If you discover it is a duplicate after its been created, initiate a merge into the lower-numbered profile.
• Identify and merge any duplicates
  • Clean up after the merge to ensure the profile remains accurate and meets our Project Standards.
• Work with other Teams if you find a profile that needs their attention.
• Review existing profiles and help bring them up to Project Standard.
• Add relevant categories and/or stickers to profiles, as appropriate. If you are unsure, contact the Categories Team for help.

• Category: Queensland, Maintenance Categories Plus links to other reports for Queensland profiles needing Profile Improvement.
• Australia Project Guidelines for Profile Improvement
• Suggestions for Queensland
• Unsourced profiles for Queensland
• Unconnected Queensland profiles

Stickers

These templates can be used on profiles by copy the text including brackets and pasting directly under the biography heading on a profile, and this will result in the corresponding image.

{{Australia Sticker|Queensland}}

... ... ... was born in Queensland, Australia

{{Notables Sticker|Australia, Notables}}

... ... ... is Notable.

{{Australia Born in Colony|colony=Colony of Queensland}}

... ... ... was born in the Colony of Queensland (1859-1900)

{{Explorers of Australia}}

... ... ... was an Australian explorer.

{{Australia Came Free|colony=Colony of Queensland}}

... ... ... came free to the Colony of Queensland (1859-1900)

Specific Queensland Goals

• to bring together WikiTreers with an interest in Queensland families to share resources and help with research.
• to add Places and People to the Category page.
• to add pioneers responsible for making Queensland great, many of whom are not on Wikipedia.
• to create Free Space pages for places, events and other topics of genealogical interest pertaining to Queensland.
• to create and improve profiles of notable Queenslanders, for instance, those listed on Queensland's 150 Icons, such as:

• • Thomas Aitken and family arrived in Townsville district in 1867, the suburb of Aitkenvale is named after him.
  • William Jamieson Allom Queensland Artist.
  • Edward Spencer Antill established first landing on the Wickham/Burdekin River in 1862.
  • John Atherton Explorer who founded Mareeba.
  • Thomas Henry Bowman Barron Commissioner of Police, Barron Falls named after him.
  • Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Queensland's longest-serving premier who, regardless of his faults, stood against southern interference in Queensland society; is not yet connected.
  • John Melton Black is now added; not yet connected.
  • Francis Price Blackwood sailed up the Wickham River.(Burdekin)
  • William Theophilus Blakeney Registrar General of Queensland.
  • Senator Neville Bonner, Australia's first indigenous Senator.
  • John Job Crew Bradfield, Queensland born Engineer who built the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Brisbane Story Bridge.
  • Sir John Bramston new profile, Politician, Attorney General of Queensland.
  • Florence Maud Broadhurst Australian Painter/Fabics Designer, Singer, Dancer, Musician. Murdered in her studio, never solved.
  • Henry Bruce Queensland's Bruce Highway is named after him.
  • John Buhot and Louis Hope grew the first Sugarcane at Ormiston House Estate in 1862.
  • Thomas Burdekin Namesake of the powerful Burdekin River, named by Ludwig Leichhardt, after the sponsor of his expedition.
  • Thomas Joseph Byrnes 12th Premier of Queensland and the first Premier born in Queensland.
  • Christi Palmerston aka Carandini Explored much of North Queensland. Married Teresa Rooney, sister of Matthew, who drowned on the Yongala in 1911.
  • William Joseph Castling Queensland Politician. Drowned at Townsville.
  • Charles Chauvel, film-maker from the silent era to the 1950s, making films when the Australian industry was almost 'dead'.
  • Charles Ching His family was murdered in 1911.Boggo Road Jail
  • Sir Pope Alexander Cooper, Attorney General of Qld, 1880-3, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Qld, 1903-22.
  • William Charles Costin
  • Richard Craven Discovered the Brilliant Mine, Charters Towers, which helped boost the Queensland Economy.
  • Richard Daintree discovered gold in North Queensland.
  • George Dalrymple explorer of Burdekin district.
  • Arthur Hoey Davis, better known as Steele Rudd, short story writer, needs a lot of improvement and connecting.
  • Andrew Dawson 14th Premier of Queensland.
  • John The Stringybark Fox Dickie Explored much of Australia alone.
  • David Drybrough Engineer, in partnership with David Brand constructed the Townsville Harbour Breakwater.
  • John Thomas Embley Queensland Surveyor.
  • David Fleay, noted naturalist who first bred the platypus in captivity.
  • Bernard 'Bon' Flewell-Smith, decorated ANZAC, productive pineapple grower, and co-founder of the Golden Circle company.
  • Reverend John Flynn, founded the Australian Inland Mission and The Royal Flying Doctor Service which began as the A.I.M. Aerial Medical Service at Cloncurry in 1928.
  • William Anderson Forbes, "Alick the Poet"
  • William McNaughton Galloway Mayor of Brisbane, and built the Iconic Breakfast Creek Hotel.
  • Augustus Gregory
  • Sir Samuel Griffith, premier, author of the Queensland Criminal Code and inaugural federal chief justice is here.
  • Major General Sir Thomas Glasgow, senior army officer of The Great War, Senator and Australia's first high commissioner to Canada.
  • Edward Hanlon 26th Premier of Queensland.
  • William Hann North Queensland Explorer.
  • Ernest Henry discovered Copper near Cloncurry.
  • Bert Hinkler, Queensland's famed pioneer aviator is not yet connected.
  • Dr William Hobbs needs more bio, sources, and added to locked FSP, Members of first Parliament.
  • Michael Hutchence, lead singer of INXS is here; is not yet connected.
  • John Augustus Hux Goldfields reporter at the Rockhampton Rush in 1858.
  • Walter Cunningham Hume needs bio.
  • Robert Logan Jack appointed Geological Surveyor for northern Queensland in 1877, Government Geologist in 1879. Queensland Commissioner in 1898, resigned in 1899 to travel to China.
  • Francis Lascelles Jardine born in NSW. Lived at Somerset, Queensland. Led an expedition to bring cattle to Cape York. sourced and father added.
  • Isaac Walter Jenner Queensland Artist, founder of the Queensland Art Society in 1887. needs more work.
  • Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith needs no introduction.
  • William Lakeland Queensland Explorer.
  • Lieutenant General Sir John Lavarack, Queensland's first Australian-born Governor is here.
  • Rod Laver, nwtp Tennis Champion born Queensland.Roy
  • Ludwig Leichhardt who explored Queensland has a developed profile; is not yet connected.
  • John Munro MacKay discovered the Pioneer River, Mackay.
  • William McCormack 22nd Premier of Queensland.
  • Sir Thomas McIlwraith, the premier who annexed British New Guinea (Papua) for Queensland is here and has a developed profile; is connected.
  • John McMaster Mayor of Brisbane 1884, 1890, 1893, 1897, and 1918-1919; whole family neglected for years. linked here, added notables sticker ... link to wikipedia.
  • Archibald Campbell Macmillan who built the first Sugar Cane Mill in the Burdekin has been added and is connected.
  • Thomas Fowler Major 1850's pastoralist, Author, Was with Dalrymple's Burdekin Expedition.
  • George Marchant Queensland Softdrink King.
  • John Campbell Miles Discovered the Mount Isa Mines field.
  • Dame Nellie Melba Her father built a Sugar Mill at Mackay.
  • Henry William Mobsby Photographer.
  • John Moffat Mining Pioneer at Irvinebank
  • Eddie Mabo, famous for his role in the landmark decision of the High Court of Australia that overturned the legal status of terra nullus is here; needs connecting.
  • Gladys Moncrieff Queensland's Queen of Song.
  • Sir Arthur Morgan 16th Premier of Queensland.
  • James Morrill a castaway who lived with the Aboriginals for 17 years and who is counted as the first white person to live in Queensland.
  • Hugh Mosman is here; is connected.
  • James Venture Mulligan Queensland Explorer who discovered the Palmer and Hodgkinson River gold fields, the Mount Mulligan coal mine and Mt Molloy copper mine. Explored Queensland with Christie Palmerston.
  • Harry Murray VC, Australia's most-decorated soldier of The Great War and a North Queensland pastoralist is here and is connected.
  • James Nash discovered gold at Gympie.
  • John Oxley discovered the Brisbane River in 1822.
  • Arthur Hunter Palmer 5th Premier of Queensland.
  • Patrick Perkins builds Perkins Brewery in Toowoomba, in 1867, with his brother Thomas. Later Castlemaine Perkins
  • John Petrie First Mayor of Brisbane.
  • Frederick Pfeiffer Discovered the Day Dawn Mine, Charters Towers.
  • Sir Robert Philp Queensland Premier.
  • Radcliffe Pring first Attorney-General of the Colony.
  • Herbert Ramsay first performed Waltzing Matilda at Winton in 1895 at Premier's Banquet.
  • Hugo Du Reitz Gympie pioneer who arrived during 1867 gold rush.
  • Reginald Heber Roe worked for the foundation of a University of Queensland. Profile needs a rewrite, plagiarised content, no sources.
  • Kathleen Walker nee Ruska, better known as Oodgeroo Noonuccal is here.
  • Henry Sinclair discovered Bowen.
  • Billy Sing DCM, Australia's greatest marksman during the Gallipoli Campaign. Needs connecting.
  • Robert Russell Smellie who built Smellie's Hardware Building in 1895.
  • Joseph William Sutton Electric Light and X-ray Pioneer.
  • Sir Leslie Thiess, construction and mining industries entrepreneur.
  • Duncan Thompson, named amongst the finest Australian rugby league footballers of the 20th century and regarded as the father of modern coaching.
  • Edgar Towner VC MC is Queensland's third Victoria Cross recipient and the State's most decorated soldier. Buried in Longreach.
  • Robert Towns founded Townsville.
  • Pamela Lyndon Travers Author best known for the Mary Poppins children's book series, was born at Maryborough, Colony of Queensland.
  • John Henry Tyack Mayor of Townsville 1912.
  • General Sir Cyril Brudenell White, planned the AIF, the evacuation of Gallipoli, the continuing peace-time Army and the establishment of the Second AIF, and supervised the transfer of federal government departments from Melbourne to the new capital, Canberra.; is here and connected.
  • John Clements Wickham is here and still needs work.
  • Frederick Charles Wills Artist, Pioneer Cinematographer in Queensland. needs more research work.
  • Clement "Inclement" Wragge first began naming cyclones.
  • Judith Wright, noted poet and environmentalist.
  • May Emmeline Wirth World's leading Bareback Rider in 1915.
  • Thankful Willmett Mayor of Townsville and founder of Willmett Printers. Supporter of the State of North Queensland proposed by John Dunmore Lang
  • William John Wills
  • Claudius Buchanan Whish
  • Andrew Ball and Mark Watt Reid are here.

Queensland Free Space Pages

• Governors of Queensland
• Premiers of Queensland
• Members of the first Parliament
• Queensland Military Force
• Victoria Cross Recipients (Queensland)
• War Memorials of the Scenic Rim
• Barry & Roberts Ltd

• Woodlands Mansion Imposing Queenslander style mansion, with a haunted history, built at Brisbane in 1889.
• Nyrambla Ornate Queenslander style mansion built at Brisbane in 1885.
• Paronella Park Iconic North Queensland Tourist Attraction.
• Wolston House, Wacol
• The Burdekin River and Bridge a North Queensland river 886 kilometres long, historically famous for wet season flooding cutting off the north from the south, now with a new multi-span 1.1 kilometre bridge built on sand, in 1957, 46 metres shorter than the Sydney Harbour Bridge, now with a 1,860,000 megalitre dam built in 1987.
• HMS Beagle Used to chart much of the Australian coastline.
• S. S. Yongala Shipwreck Iconic Townsville mystery until the wreck was found in 1958.
• Imperial Hotel an apparently haunted hotel at Ravenswood
• SS Gothenburg Shipwreck
• HMS Pandora Shipwreck
• RMS Quetta
• 1911 Qld Cyclone
• Cyclone Connie
• Cyclone Mahina Category 5 cyclone.
• Discovery of Queensland Timeline space page.
• Windmills including the Iconic Queensland's own Southern Cross windmill.
• Colonial Sugar Plantations, Queensland
• Bundaberg Rum Queensland's Own.
• QANTAS founded at Winton, Queensland in 1920.
• Kuridala Copper Mine near Cloncurry, now a ghost town.
• Mount Mulligan Mine Disaster 1921
• Barrier Reef Resort Floating Hotel built for the Great Barrier Reef.
• Cobb and Co Coaches expanded into Queensland in 1860.
• Telegraphy expanded into Queensland in 1861.
• Walzing Matilda written by Banjo Paterson at Winton, Queensland in 1895, after the Shearers Strike of 1891 which began at Jondaryn Station.
• Queensland Gold Discovery

Queensland Categories

• Queensland Categories
• Senators
• Members of the House of Representatives
• Cemeteries
• Colony of Queensland (1859-1901)
• Genealogy Resources
• Governors
• Hospitals
• Legislative Assembly
• Legislative Council (1860-1922)
• Places
• Pre-Separation (1829-59)
• Religious Congregations
• Schools

Queensland Research Resources

• Queensland Births, Marriages and Deaths
• Queensland State Archives
• Queensland Places, Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
• Queensland Historical Atlas; created: 28 Nov 2011 The Queensland Historical Atlas project was funded by a three-year grant from the Australian Research Council, 2007-10. It was an ARC Linkage Grant between the University of Queensland and the Queensland Museum. It now receives significant ongoing support from the Centre for the Government of Queensland, at the University of Queensland.
• Knight, J J. Brisbane: A Historical Sketch of the Capital of Queensland; Giving an Outline of old — Time Events, with a Description of Brisbane of the Present Day, and a Municipal Retrospect, 1897; accessed 7 Jun 2015.
• Wikipedia: Queensland Greats Awards; accessed 25 Aug 2019.
• "FHANQ - Remote Graves Index". 2021. Fhanq.Org.Family History Association of North Queensland FHANQ, Remote Graves Index, Compiled by John Sweet for the Family History Association of North Queensland Inc