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Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau. Queensland, the Rich but Sparsely Peopled Country, a Paradise for Willing Workers
Queensland, the Rich but Sparsely Peopled Country, a Paradise for Willing Workers
Table of Contents
Ploughmen
Harvest Hands (Wheat)
Ordinary General Labourers
Navvies
Dairy Hands—Men
Dairy Hands—Boys
Cane-cutters
Cane Farm Chippers
Boiler Attendants and Engine-drivers
Fitters and Engineers
Carpenters and Joiners
Cabinet-makers
Bricklayers
Wheelwrights
Blacksmiths (General)
Blacksmiths (Engineering)
Plumbers
Tinsmiths
Axemen
Sawmill Hands
Married Couples
Stockmen and Boundary Riders
Useful Lads
Grooms
Female Domestics
Cooks (Male and Female)
Gardeners
FACTS WORTH KNOWING
Where is Queensland?
What is Queensland?
How to get to Queensland
Where to get Particulars re Passages
Free Passages
Conditions of Free Passages
Approved Immigrants
On What Conditions?
Nominated Immigrants
Assisted Passages
What Queensland Offers
What Queensland Wants
Employment
Where to get Information in England
What Population could Queensland Carry?
Where to get Advice about Work on Arrival
Where to get Information of Lands Available
Where to get Information re Crops, Soils, etc
Where to get Information about any Part of the Country, Travelling, and Rate of Living
Tourist Trips
What can Queensland Produce?
Crops
Fruits
Vegetables
Products
Minerals
Gems
What is the Area of Queensland?
What Area is under Cultivation?
Under Crop, 1913
Fruit
Pineapples
Where are Fruits Principally Grown?
Where are the Crops and Products Raised?
What is the Mean Annual Rainfall?
What is the Climate Like?
But is not the Heat Great in Summer?
Is it Healthy?
But does the Climate Suit English and European People?
What Sort of People are already Settled in Queensland?
Do People Often Return after Leaving Queensland?
What Openings are there in Queensland for the Investor?
For the Man with Small Capital on Government Land?
Suppose he had £250 or £300?
Suppose he tried Fruit Growing?
What could a Man do without Capital?
Experienced Agricultural Labourers
Inexperienced Men
Domestic Servants
Where Can Government Land be Obtained?
Agricultural Farms
At what Age can a Person Select Land?
Can a Man with Little Capital acquire Land?
When is this Payable?
Can a Single Woman hold Government Land?
Can She hold a Homestead Area?
What Land may Married Women hold from the Crown?
What Land a Married Woman cannot select from the Crown
Married Women’s Property Act
What are the Modes of Tenure?
Twenty Years’ Purchase without Interest
Annual Instalment
Completing the Purchase
Deposit Money
What is the Deposit on an Agricultural Farm of 160 Acres?
When can such a Farm be made Freehold?
Freehold Title
Discount
Conditions for Agricultural Farms
Negotiable Leases
Exceptions
Agricultural Homesteads
Agricultural Homestead Conditions
Grazing Farms—Area
Grazing Farms—Rental, Term, Conditions, &c
Grazing Farms—Lease
Group Residence
Grazing Homesteads—
Unconditional Selections—
Purchase of an Unconditional Selection
Prickly Pear Selection
Conditions
Freehold of Prickly Pear Selections
Price of Prickly Pear Selections
Pastoral Holdings
Occupation Licenses
Group Settlement
Size of Groups
Inspection
Miners’ Homestead Leases
Can an Alien select Land in Queensland?
What is an Alien?
When can an Alien become Naturalised?
Where must Applications for Land be Lodged?
How far from the Railway is the Available Land?
Light Railway Lines Opening Large Areas
Crown Lands at Auction
Price
What Assistance does the Government Give the Intending Settler?
What Other Assistance?
Assistance to Obtain Water
What is the Agricultural Bank?
What Security is Required?
When is it Repayable?
Can the Settler Borrow Money to Buy Stock?
Can an Alien Obtain an Advance?
Workers’ Dwellings Act
Freeholds Farm
What is the Nature of the Soil?
Who are the most Successful Farmers?
Do many of the Farmers Keep Sheep?
Is Dairying Increasing in Queensland?
How much Milk was Obtained in 1913?
How did these Dairymen Begin?
Were they all Small Farmers?
What was the Butter Production in Queensland in 1913?
Cheese, 1913?
Condensed Milk made in 1913?
What will a Good Average Cow Earn?
What is the Price of a Good Cow?
What is the Class of Dairy Herd in Queensland?
How many Cows does the Average Farm Carry?
How many Cows could you Carry on 160 Acres?
Monthly Cheques
Pigs
Pig Farms
Market for Pigs
Wheat
Where Wheat is Principally Grown
Wheat Yield
Maize
Maize Yield
Barley
Sugarcane
Price Paid for Cane
Hay
Potatoes
A few of Queensland’s Products for 1913
Lucerne or Alfalfa
Lucerne Crops
Can a Man get any Crop with his First Ploughing?
What First Crop can be got off Scrub Land?
State Agricultural College
Are there any other State Experimental Farms?
House and Buildings
Where can Building Materials be Obtained?
Do Droughts Often Occur?
Recuperative Power of the Land
Local Markets
Southern Markets
Oversea Markets
What is the Nature of the Trade with Asia?
Horses
What Parts of Queensland are the Best for Cattle?
What Number of Cattle are there in Queensland?
Where do Sheep Thrive Best?
Increase of Sheep for Ten Years
What was the Value of the Wool in 1913?
What was the Value of the Imports and Exports in 1913?
On what Area could a Man Profitably Grow Wool?
Are there Larger Areas than this?
Mining Employees
What is the Ordinary Rate for Unskilled Labour in Mines?
At what Age should a Miner Come to Queensland?
What could a Practical Miner do in Queensland?
What is the Aggregate Area of the Mining Fields Proclaimed Open?
What was the Total Output of Gold from Queensland Mines to the end of 1913?
What was the Total Value of this Output?
What was the Total Value of Minerals other than Gold won from Queensland Mines to the end of 1913?
Miner’s Right
Rewards for Discovery of New Goldfields
Prospecting
Claims
Seasons
Religious Freedom
Education
Expenditure on Education
State Schools
Total Schools, including State Schools, 1913
Country Schools
Provisional Schools
Higher Educational Institutions
Education in Sparsely-populated Districts
Adult Vote
A Law-abiding Community
Orderliness of Crowds
A Notable Fact
Election Crowds
Queensland Railways
How many Miles of State Railway are Open?
Railway Receipts and Expenditure, 1913
Private Railways, to 31st December, 1914
What was the Value of the Gold produced in Queensland for 1913?
Other Minerals
Total Value of Production of other Minerals, 1913
Public Revenue, 1913–14
Public Expenditure, 1913–14
Government Savings Bank, 1913–14
Banks
Factories
Hospitals
Shipping of the State, 1913
Timber Sawn for 1913
The Meat Industry
Steamer Fares to Brisbane
Some Successful Queensland Farmers
A Successful Mixed Farmer
What the Daniels Family are Doing
Started with £100
New Settlers’ Experiences
Had a Stout Heart, Strong Pair of Hands, and Plenty of Pluck and Determination
Successful Efforts from Small Beginnings
Started as a Farm Labourer
Had a Horse and Saddle and 3s. 6d
Fruit-grower Starts with £5
Had only a Few Shillings left after Paying the First Year’s Rent
Mining Engineer—Now a Successful Fruit-grower, &c
Inexperience no Obstacle to Success
Had no Previous Agricultural Experience
Made a Start with £150
On the High Road to Success
Landed in the District with £200
Tasmanian takes up a Farm with £600
Miner Starts Farming with £50
Queensland—The Finest Agricultural Country in Australia
A Well-known Grazier’s Opinion
Started Cane-growing with £147
Another Successful Sugar-cane Grower
Arrived with an Empty Pocket
Arrived in Queensland with Sixpence—Now a Well-to-do Farmer
Happy and Contented Russian Settlers
Started with only 100 Roubles (£10.)
Russian Naval Gunner’s Success as a Farmer
We Do Not Repent having Left our Native Land
Mr. A. Mendrin’s Experiences
