Queensland, the Rich but Sparsely Peopled Country, a Paradise for Willing Workers

By Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 19, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066134877

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Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau

Queensland, the Rich but Sparsely Peopled Country, a Paradise for Willing Workers

Published by Good Press, 2022

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Table of Contents

— — The Rich but Sparsely Peopled Country

RATES OF WAGES IN QUEENSLAND.

Ordinary Farm Labourers.

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?