Brisbane : schemes and dreams : nineteenth century arrivals / edited by Jennifer Harrison & Barry Shaw.

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Publication details:

Moorooka, Qld. : Boolarong Press, 2014.

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86077

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Brisbane History Group papers ; No. 23 2014.

Subject:

Immigrants -- Brisbane -- History.

Local history -- Queensland.

History -- Queensland.

Brisbane (Qld.) -- History -- 19th century.

Brisbane (Qld.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.

Contents:

1. Mr Commissioner Bigge and Moreton Bay / Colin Sheehan

2. Settling in at Moreton Bay, 1824-25 / Paul Sayer

3. Missionaries of German Station, 1838-50 / Margaret Outridge

4. The forty-niners / Jennifer Harrison

5. The voyage of the Fortitude / Elaine Brown

6. John Clements Wickham: a man of many parts / Mervyn Royle

7. Captain Claudius Whish of Caboolture and Cleveland / Alfred Cocksedge

8. Thank God for the rector's daughter: Emigrant silk- ribbon weavers from Bedworth / Mervyn Royle

9. Bounty hunters and mechanics, 1883-84 / Robyn Roylance

10. Selecting emigrants for Queensland: a case study of Scots migrants 1885-88 / Elspeth Johnson

1. The long story of Short Street wharf / Noel Field & Annabelle Stewart-Zerba.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781925046991

ISSN:

1035-4050

Phys. description:

viii, 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm