A Transportation Procession

As imagined by the Windmill Reporter. 1850 was drawing to a close, and the population of Brisbane Town – estimated at some 2000 souls  – was contemplating how best to make a success of the settlement. That is, the part of the population that thought about such things. Most people were wondering where their nextContinue reading “A Transportation Procession”

The Captain would sail no further.

A tale of migration, intransigence and a further Separation – September 09, 1871 The year was 1871, and the Colony of Queensland was eleven years old. Brisbane, in the south-east corner, was the capital of the sprawling concern. All 1.73 million square kilometres of it. The City of Rockhampton nestled on the Tropic of Capricorn,Continue reading “The Captain would sail no further.”