Distinctiveness

In 1952 the coastal area south of Brisbane is still referred to as the South Coast, later to be known as the Gold Coast. Penrod's Guide, 1952 Copyright Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

From Noosa to the Tweed, Sixth Edition, 1927 Copyright Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Darling Downs

Black soil and ‘rolling grass seas’

Map showing position of Queensland to the Australian Colonies, India, China &c

Australian region

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1 January 1866

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Australian region

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Brisbane

Government of Queensland

Map showing the position of Queensland to the Australian Colonies, India, China &c, 1866. Engraved for the Queensland Government by Thomas Ham & Co, Brisbane. One of 14 plates contained in the Atlas of the Colony of Queensland, Australia.

This map shows the relative geographical position of India and Australia, both subordinate elements of Empire.

Neighbours: Asia and the Pacific

Queensland, the Pacific and Asia share a distinctive geography and history. Queensland is geographically part of the Pacific, separated only by the boundaries of modern nation states.

This view card features the South Coast of Queensland, later to be renamed and marketed as the Gold Coast, c1952. Copyright Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

South East Queensland population density 2006

South East Queensland QLD

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1 January 2009

1 January 2008

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South East Queensland QLD

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Brisbane

Department of Infrastructure and Planning, The State of Queensland

Population density of South East Queensland in 2006 The areas in red indicate a population density greater than 25 people per square kilometre. This band extends for 200 kilometres between Noosa and the Tweed River. Planning Information and Forecasting Unit, Department of Infrastructure and Planning Copyright The State of Queensland

The 200 kilometre city

Over the past thirty years three rapidly growing urban areas in south-east Queensland have merged into a two hundred kilometre long city.

Gregory's street directory, 1966

South East Queensland Brisbane

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1 January 1966

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South East Queensland Brisbane

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Brisbane

Gregory's

In Gregory’s second edition, published in 1966 the Gold Coast appears as an inset but the Sunshine Coast is yet to emerge and is instead represented with an inset of ‘Maroochydore Caloundra’. Gregory's street directory, 2nd edition, 1966