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The Queensland Australia Histories book collection is a group of 21 books that detail the history of Queensland - primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the books are illustrated; showcasing specific events relating to key points in the history and development of Queensland during this period as well as details of some of its most important and influential figures.

All the titles contained on this CD are listed below.

1. Reminiscences of Queensland, 1862-1899 (1921) - Corfield, W. H - 154 pages
2. Hand-book for emigrants to Queensland, Australia (1875) - 16 pages
3. Early days in North Queensland (1903) - Palmer, Edward - 264 pages
4. Pages from the journal of a Queensland squatter (1901) - De Satgo, Oscar - 417 pages
5. Bush-life in Queensland : or, John West's colonial experiences Volume 1 (1881) - Grant, Alexander Charles - 279 pages
6. Bush-life in Queensland : or, John West's colonial experiences Volume 2 (1881) - Grant, Alexander Charles - 293 pages
7. Queensland : the field for British labour and enterprise and the source of England's cotton supply (1862) - Wight, George - 170 pages
8. Queensland Transcontinental Railway. Field notes and reports with maps showing positions of various camps (1883) - Watson, Robert Mackenzie - 86 pages
9. Bailliere's Queensland gazetteer and road guide, containing the most recent and accurate information as to every place in the colony (1876) - Whitworth, Robert Percy - 271 pages
10. Advance Australia! An account of eight years' work, wandering, and amusement, in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria (1886) - Finch-Hatton, Harold - 347 pages
11. The black police of Queensland : reminiscences of official work and personal adventures in the early days of the colony (1902) - Kennedy, Edward B - 211 pages
12. The confessions of a beachcomber; scenes and incidents in the career of an unprofessional beachcomber in tropical Queensland (1908) - Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James) - 336 pages
13. Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; (1889) - Lumholtz, Carl; Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn - 395 pages
14. From chart house to bush hut : being the record of a sailor's 7 years in the Queensland bush (1920) - Bryde, C. W - 158 pages
15. The discovery and settlement of Port Mackay, Queensland, with numerous illustrations, charts and maps, and some notes on the natural history of the district (1908) - Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling) - 114 pages
16. The South Sea islanders and the Queensland labour trade, a record of voyages and experiences in the Western Pacific, from 1875 to 1891 (1893) - Wawn, William T; Hay, William Delisle - 440 pages
17. The Aldine history of Queensland ... embracing sketches and portraits of her noted people; the rise and progress of her varied enterprises; and illustrations of her boundless wealth, together with maps of latest survey Volume 1 (1888) - Morrison, W. Frederic - 384 pages
18. The Aldine history of Queensland ... embracing sketches and portraits of her noted people; the rise and progress of her varied enterprises; and illustrations of her boundless wealth, together with maps of latest survey Volume 2 (1888) - Morrison, W. Frederic - 592 pages
19. Northmost Australia; three centuries of exploration, discovery, and adventure in and around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, with a study of the narratives of all explorers by sea and land in the light of modern charting, many original or hitherto unpublished documents, thirty-nine illustrations, and sixteen specially prepared maps Volume 1 (1921) - Jack, Robert Logan - 366 pages
20. Northmost Australia; three centuries of exploration, discovery, and adventure in and around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, with a study of the narratives of all explorers by sea and land in the light of modern charting, many original or hitherto unpublished documents, thirty-nine illustrations, and sixteen specially prepared maps Volume 2 (1921) - Jack, Robert Logan - 768 pages
21. The genesis of Queensland: an account of the first exploring journeys to and over Darling Downs: the earliest days of their occupation; social life; station seeking; the course of discovery, northward and westward; and a resume of the causes which led to separation from New South Wales.. (1888) - Russell, Henry Stuart - 633 pages

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