History of the Colony of Queensland by William Coote is about the separation of the district of Moreton Bay in Australia and its new constitution as a separate colony. Contents: «PREFACE. CHAPTER I. 1770–1824. Connection of past with present History—Original cause of Settlement—Cook's Voyage to Eastern Australia—Flinders' first Voyage in 1799—His second Voyage and Examination of Moreton Bay in 1801—King's Voyage in 1820—Oxley's Search after a Site for a Penal Establishment—His alleged Discovery of the Brisbane River in Moreton Bay in 1823—Determination by the Government of New South Wales to form a Convict Settlement in the Bay CHAPTER II. 1824–1839. General Character of Penal Establishments…"
