Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress is an official survey, based upon government information, of the Australian colony’s first fifty years under the British Crown. It records the growth of settlement, industry, and institutions in Queensland from its separation as a colony to the early twentieth century.
Though a work of administrative history rather than royal biography, it illustrates the development of a self-governing dominion within the Empire and the spread of Crown authority across the globe. It is a useful statistical and descriptive record for students of imperial history. This free EPUB download preserves the complete official review.