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First Fleet
The First Fleet is the 11 ships which left Great Britain on 13 May 1787 to found a penal colony that would become the first European settlement in Australia. The fleet consisted of two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports, carrying more than 1,000 convicts, marines and seamen, and a vast quantity of stores. From England, the Fleet sailed southwest to Rio de Janeiro, then east to Cape Town and via the Great Southern Ocean to Botany Bay, arriving in mid-January 1788, ta -
The website i got the first fleet from
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Brisbane is penal
Europeans settled in Queensland in 1825 when Brisbane was selected as a penal settlement for the more difficult convicts
source: http://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/creation-of-state/ -
How it came
The penal settlement was officially closed in 1839 and the land was prepared for sale for permanent settlement.
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Separation
When Queensland separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859, it was the only colony in Australia that did not require a special act of the Imperial Parliament for its establishment.
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Voting and opening
Queensland's first elections were held in 1860. Robert George Wyndham Herbert led the first elected government as Premier. On 22 May 1860, Queensland Parliament opened for the first time.
source: http://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/creation-of-state/ -
Population
One of the earliest decisions of the new parliament was to increase the population of the new colony as rapidly as possible. A land-order system was devised to attract new settlers. Over the next 3 years, nearly 25,000 people landed in Queensland attracted by the idea of owning land. source: http://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/creation-of-state/ -
Gold gold gold!
the discovery of payable gold near Rockhampton was to be the first of many successful discoveries that spurred development in Queensland and helped to protect the State from the effects of the 1866 Depression.
source:http://brisbane.chineseconsulate.org/eng/lqgk/t845426.htm -
School
Queensland pioneered the state secondary education system in the early 1860s when the government subsidised municipalities to set up grammar schools—this was the first free education in Australia. In 1866, Queensland Treasury banknotes were issued for the first time.
source: http://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/creation-of-state/ -
Wool
By 1891, wool had become an enormous industry in Australia. Thousands of shearers, already dissatisfied with their pay rates and conditions, refused to work when a Darling Downs Station employed non-union men. When Aborigines, Kanaka Islanders and Chinese immigrants began working for even cheaper wages, the potential for revolution dissolved. source:
http://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/creation-of-state/ -
Aboriginal
As fears were expressed that Aboriginal people in Queensland faced extinction, the Government decided to establish new governmental reserves to accommodate the remaining tribes throughout the state. In 1897, the Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act was passed, authorising the removal of Aboriginal people to reserves. These powers of removal continued until 1971 when the Act was amended
source: http://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/creation-of-state/ -
Coming together
On the 1 January 1901 Australia was federated, following a proclamation by Queen Victoria. when federation happened Queenslands population was half a million people.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Australia
