APPENDIX J--CLIMATIC CONTRASTS 231-237 APPENDIX K--EDUCATION STATISTICS 238 APPENDIX L--INAUGURATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND 239-257 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 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 " " xxviii Houses of Parliament, Brisbane " " 4 View from River Terrace, Brisbane " " 8 Barron Falls, Cairns Railway, North Queensland " " 12 Treasury Buildings, Brisbane " " 16 Coal Wharves, South Brisbane " " 20 Executive Buildings, Brisbane " " 24 Views of Rockhampton, Central Queensland " " 28 Townsville: Flinders Street, looking West " " 32 Hinchinbrook Channel, North Queensland " " 36 The Narrows and Mount Larcombe, near Gladstone " " 36 Barron Gorge below the Falls, Cairns Railway " " 40 On the Road to Market, Central Queensland (_W. E. Perroux_) 44 Fat Cattle, Central Queensland " " 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 " " 52 Swan Creek Valley, near Yangan, Warwick District (_C. E. S. Fryer_) 56 Surprise Creek Falls, Cairns Railway " " 60 Forest Scene near Woombye, North Coast Railway " " 64 Hauling Timber, North Coast Railway " " 68 Stony Creek Bridge and Falls, Cairns Railway (_C. E. S. Fryer_) 68 Timber Getting, North Coast Railway " " 72 Cairns Range and Robb's Monument, N. Queensland " " 76 View of Gympie from Nashville Railway Station " " 80 Coke Ovens, Ipswich District " " 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