CHAPTER VII.

QUEENSLAND.

SIZE AND CONFIGURATION--EARLY SETTLEMENT--BRISBANE ISLAND AND COAST TOWNS--GLADSTONE--ROMA--GYMPIE--TOOWOOMBA--TOWNSVILLE-- COOKTOWN--SQUATTING--THE CATTLE STATION--THE SHEEP STATION--THE QUEENSLAND FOREST--THE NETTLE-TREE--SUGAR PLANTING--POLYNESIAN NATIVES--STOPPAGE OF THE LABOUR TRADE--GOLD MINING--THE PALMER--SILVER, TIN, AND COPPER. 115-130

_Illustrations_:

Brisbane 116 A Village on Darling Downs 117 Valley of the River Brisbane, Queensland 120 Townsville, North Queensland 124 Sugar Plantation, Queensland 127