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قراءة كتاب Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information
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Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
JUBILEE MEMORIAL VOLUME
Our First Half-Century
A REVIEW OF QUEENSLAND PROGRESS
BASED UPON OFFICIAL INFORMATION
BY AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEENSLAND
BRISBANE
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY ANTHONY J. CUMMING, GOVERNMENT PRINTER
1909.
PREFACE.
The object of this work, as the title implies, is to furnish the reader with a succinct review of the salient facts of Queensland progress, first as an autonomous British colony of the Australian group, and second as a State of the Commonwealth of Australia, retaining all constitutional rights unimpaired save in so far as they may be qualified by the provisions of "The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of 1900." In treating of federation as thus accomplished the object has been to set forth dispassionately, yet clearly, the general results of the change upon the well-being of the State, and the reasonable anticipations of its future when the objects of federal union have been more completely attained.
This is not a volume of statistics, yet in a fifty-year review it would be impossible entirely to avoid the use of figures. These, however, have been availed of sparingly; and, to avoid encumbering the text, tables compiled by the Government Statistician contrasting the progress made, by presenting the figures for the first, middle, and last (available) years of the fifty-year period, have been included as appendices. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, and to embody in the volume all the information possible without overloading it with detail.
For the series of diagrams illustrative of the subdivision of Australia into separate colonies between 1787 and 1863 acknowledgment is due to the Under Secretary for Lands of New South Wales, under whose authority they were compiled from data in the Public Library, Sydney.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| PAGES | |
| Preface | iii |
| Table of Contents | v-x |
| List of Illustrations | xi-xiv |
| Introduction | xv-xx |
| The Subdivision of Australia | xxii-xxiv |
| Jubilee Ode—"Queen of the North" | xxv-xxviii |
PART I.—OUR NATAL YEAR.
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.—Governor-General of New South Wales Initiates Elections | 1-4 |
CHAPTER II.
INITIATION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT.
| Arrival of Sir George Bowen in Brisbane.—The First Responsible Ministry.—Injunctions to Governor by Secretary of State in regard to Choice of Ministers. —Ex-members of New South Wales Legislature take Umbrage. —The Governor on the Characteristics of Various Classes of Colonists.—The Governor a Dictator.—The Microscopic Treasury Balance.—Gladstone as Site of Capital. —Mr. Herbert as a Parliamentary Leader | 5-7 |
CHAPTER III.
DIFFICULTIES OF EARLY ADMINISTRATIONS.
| Meeting of First Parliament.—Amendment on Address in Reply defeated by Speaker's Casting Vote.—Adoption of Address in Reply.—Compromise between Parties Indispensable.—Successful Inauguration of Responsible Government.—The Governor's Egotism.—Mr. Herbert's Retirement.—Mr. Macalister Succeeds.—Financial and Political Crisis.—Proposed |