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Project Gutenberg's Reminiscences of Queensland, by William Henry Corfield This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 Author: William Henry Corfield Release Date: October 30, 2008 [EBook #27099] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REMINISCENCES OF QUEENSLAND *** Produced by Nick Wall, Meredith Bach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: THE AUTHOR. 1890.] Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1899. BY W. H. CORFIELD. BRISBANE: A. H. FRATER, INNS OF COURT, ADELAIDE STREET. 1921 Printed by H. Pole & Co. Limited, Elizabeth Street, Brisbane. To the Men and Women of the North and West. To those who Blazed the Trail, and to those who Followed. FOREWORD The reasons for this book are as follow:--Whilst talking over early days with Mr. Courtenay-Luck, the popular Secretary of the Commercial Travellers' Club, that gentleman suggested that I should write a paper, to be read at a meeting of the Historical Society of Queensland. In writing that paper, so many long-forgotten men, places and incidents came back to memory that I thought my reminiscences might prove interesting to others. I may be occasionally incorrect in dates, or in the sequence of events, but I relate facts and personal experiences. As they are, I leave them to the kind consideration of readers. W. H. CORFIELD. _Sandgate, October, 1920._ Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1899. CHAPTER I. As it is in the blood of most Englishmen from the "West Country" to seek adventure abroad, it is little wonder that the visit of an uncle from Australia strengthened a desire I felt to seek my fortune in that country. This uncle--H. C. Corfield--was the owner of some pastoral country in the Burnett district, and described in glowing terms life in the Australian bush. I might say
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