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spirit in Queensland, Australia

YEAR
1861
PLACE
Queensland
SOURCE
Internet Archive
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spirit in Queensland, Australia

ery remarkable illustrations of the proverbial genius of the Anglo-Saxon race for the noble and truly imperial art of colonisation." The inhabitants of Toowoomba are in no respect behind their neighbours of Drayton in the estimate they have formed of the physical character and capabilities of their…

Record ID
1,761
Year
1,861
Source
Internet Archive
Index status
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Record ID
1761
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
Queensland, Australia; John Dunmore Lang
Published
1861
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
spirit
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Queensland (QLD): B
State or territory
QLD
Source voice
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ery remarkable illustrations of the proverbial genius of the Anglo-Saxon race for the noble and truly imperial art of colonisation." The inhabitants of Toowoomba are in no respect behind their neighbours of Drayton in the estimate they have formed of the physical character and capabilities of their highly-favoured dis- trict. On the contrary, in the genuine spirit of rivalry, they go a step beyond their neighbours, and lodge a claim with his Excellency lor being constituted not only a separate municipality, but the capital of Queensland I In their address to the governor, on his first visit to the Downs, afier congratulating him.

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