| Government House | (C. E. S. Fryer) | Frontispiece |
| | | Facing Page |
| First Gazette, 10th December, 1859 | | xiv |
| Writ of Summons for First Election | | xx |
| Governors of Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | xxiv |
| Premiers of Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | xxviii |
| Houses of Parliament, Brisbane | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 4 |
| View from River Terrace, Brisbane | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 8 |
| Barron Falls, Cairns Railway, North Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 12 |
| Treasury Buildings, Brisbane | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 16 |
| Coal Wharves, South Brisbane | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 20 |
| Executive Buildings, Brisbane | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 24 |
| Views of Rockhampton, Central Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 28 |
| Townsville: Flinders Street, looking West | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 32 |
| Hinchinbrook Channel, North Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 36 |
| The Narrows and Mount Larcombe, near Gladstone | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 36 |
| Barron Gorge below the Falls, Cairns Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 40 |
| On the Road to Market, Central Queensland | (W. E. Perroux) | 44 |
| Fat Cattle, Central Queensland | (W. E. Perroux) | 44 |
| Maroochy River and Ninderry Mountain, N.C. Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 48 |
| Scene on Barcaldine Downs, Central Queensland | (W. E. Perroux) | 52 |
| Barcaldine Downs Homestead, Central Queensland | (W. E. Perroux) | 52 |
| Swan Creek Valley, near Yangan, Warwick District | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 56 |
| Surprise Creek Falls, Cairns Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 60 |
| Forest Scene near Woombye, North Coast Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 64 |
| Hauling Timber, North Coast Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 68 |
| Stony Creek Bridge and Falls, Cairns Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 68 |
| Timber Getting, North Coast Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 72 |
| Cairns Range and Robb's Monument, N. Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 76 |
| View of Gympie from Nashville Railway Station | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 80 |
| Coke Ovens, Ipswich District | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 80 |
| Gulf Cattle Ready for Market | (H. J. Walton) | 84 |
| Brigalow Country, Warra, Darling Downs | | 84 |
| Hereford Cows, Darling Downs | | 84 |
| Above Stony Creek Falls, Cairns Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 88 |
| Mount Morgan: Open Cut and Dumps | (Mount Morgan G.M. Co.) | 92 |
| Mount Morgan: Mundic and Copper Works | (Mount Morgan G.M. Co.) | 92 |
| Cattle Country, West Moreton | | 100 |
| Fat Cattle, Central Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 100 |
| Horses at Gowrie, Darling Downs | | 104 |
| Sheep at Gowrie, Darling Downs | | 104 |
| Horses, Western Queensland | (H. J. Walton) | 104 |
| Fat Cattle, Burrandilla, Charleville | (H. J. Walton) | 104 |
| Wool Teams, Wyandra, Warrego District | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 108 |
| Hauling Cedar, Atherton, North Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 108 |
| Dairy Cattle on Darling Downs | | 112 |
| Sheep, Jimbour, Darling Downs | | 112 |
| Horses, Ivanhoe Station, Warrego | | 112 |
| Harvesting Wheat, Emu Vale, near Warwick | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 116 |
| Surprise Creek Cascade, Cairns Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 120 |
| Pineapple Farm, Woombye, North Coast Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 124 |
| Sugar-Mill, Huxley, Isis Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 124 |
| Field of Maize, Eel Creek, Gympie | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 124 |
| Threshing Wheat, Emu Vale, Killarney Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 128 |
| Coffee Plantation, Kuranda, Cairns Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 128 |
| Sugar-Mill, Childers, North Coast Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 132 |
| Sisal Hemp and Cane Fields, South Isis | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 136 |
| Canefields, Isis Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 136 |
| Sugar Cane and Mill, Huxley, Isis Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 136 |
| Cambanora Gap, Head of Condamine, Killarney | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 140 |
| Minto Crag, Dugandan, Fassifern District | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 140 |
| Mount Morgan: Copper Works, looking North | (Mt. Morgan G.M. Co.) | 144 |
| Mount Morgan: General View of Works | (Mt. Morgan G.M. Co.) | 144 |
| Charters Towers: Plant's Day Dawn | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 148 |
| Gympie: Scottish Gympie Gold Mine | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 152 |
| Gympie: No. 1 North Oriental and Glanmire | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 152 |
| Flowing Artesian Wells, Western Queensland: | | |
| 1. Beel's Bore, Cunnamulla | (Kerry) | 156 |
| 2. Bore on Thurulgoona Station | (Kerry) | 156 |
| 3. Charleville Bore | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 156 |
| Aberdare Colliery, Ipswich District | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 160 |
| Cocoa-Nut Palms, Johnstone River, North Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 164 |
| Custom House and Petrie Bight, Brisbane | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 164 |
| In the Scrub Country, Kin Kin, North Coast Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 168 |
| On the Blackall Range, North Coast Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 168 |
| Barron Gorge, Cairns Railway, North Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 176 |
| Farm Scene, Blackall Range | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 184 |
| Sisal Hemp, Childers, North Coast Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 184 |
| Wool Teams, Longreach, Central Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 184 |
| View on Barron River, Cairns Railway | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 192 |
| Hauling Timber, Barron River, North Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 200 |
| Falls near Killarney | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 208 |
| Aboriginal Tree Climbers | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 208 |
| Scene on Logan River, South Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 216 |
| Cooktown and Endeavour River, North Queensland | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 224 |
| Pearling Fleets off Badu Island, Torres Strait | | 224 |
| Government House, now Dedicated to University purposes | (C. E. S. Fryer) | 238 |
| View of Dedication Ceremony | (H. W. Mobsby) | 242 |
| The Premier (Hon. W. Kidston) Opening the Proceedings | (H. W. Mobsby) | 244 |
| His Excellency Sir W. MacGregor Addressing the Audience | (H. W. Mobsby) | 248 |
| His Excellency Unveiling the Dedication Tablet | (H. W. Mobsby) | 250 |
| Lady MacGregor Planting the University Tree | (H. W. Mobsby) | 256 |
