Part 1 — CHAPTER I
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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