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

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This map shows the relative geographical position of India and Australia, both subordinate elements of Empire. Soldiers sailing to India passed up the Queensland coast and through what is now Indonesia on their way to their next posting in the colonies. India was much closer to Australia than to Britain, and after Federation it was easier (and more economical) to send soldiers to India for advanced training.

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.

Publisher:

Government of Queensland

Publication place:

Brisbane

Date issued:

1 January 1866

Location:

Australian region

Australia

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Theme:

Distinctiveness, Movement, Perceptions, Distance, Quintessential Queensland

1865 Atlas of the Colony of Queensland

In this Collection

1865 Atlas Title Page	Electoral District of Kennedy	Electoral District of Maryborough	Electoral District of Port Curtis
Electoral District of Rockhampton	Electoral District of Warwick	Electoral Districts of Burnett & Wide Bay	Electoral Districts of Clermont, Leichhardt and Maranoa
Electoral Districts of East & West Moreton, Northern, Western & Eastern Downs, Queensland	Electoral Districts of Toowoomba & Drayton	Electoral Districts of Warrego and Mitchell	General Map of Queensland, showing Districts proclaimed as Electorates, &c.
Plan of the City & Environs of Brisbane, 1865	Queensland atlas, 1865	Town of Ipswich, County of Stanley showing Electorate