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Aborigines arrived ashore Atherton Tableland August Australia banks became began boat Bowen Brisbane River Brisbane's built bullock Burdekin Cairns called camp cane Cape York Peninsula Captain cattle Charters Towers Chinese Cloncurry coast colony convict Cooktown Creek crossed Cunningham Dalrymple Darling Downs diggers district drays Duyfken established expedition exploring Flinders flying followed gold goldfield Governor Gulf of Carpentaria head horses Ipswich Island Jacky John Kanakas Kangaroo Point Kennedy kilometres labour land later Leichhardt Leslie Logan Mackay McIlwraith metres mill mining Mitchell Moreton Bay Mount Isa named Native Police night northern Oxley Palmer party pear plantation Point port Port Essington pounds Premier Queensland Government range reefs Rockhampton rush sailed settlement settlers shearers sheep ship South Wales southern spear squatters station stream sugar Sydney Tableland tonnes took Torres Strait town Townsville track trees vessels wool