Handbook for Australia & New Zealand; (including also the Fiji Islands) with new map of the colonies - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...is north of Port Curtis; Sandy or Frazer's off Wide Bay; and Stradbroke, Moreton, Bribie, and St. Helena are in Moreton Bay. Barrier Reef is east. The tides are 7 feet at Brisbane, 6 to 10 at Port Denison, Tides6 to 12 at Rockingham Bay, 9 at Rockhampton, 10 to 12 at Port Curtis, 4 to 10 at Cape York, 12 at Mackay, and 18 to 30 at Broad Sound and the Fitzroy River. Towns. Towns% Brisbane, the capital, lat. 27 S. and long. 153 E., is on the river Brisbane in Moreton district. Rockhampton, the northern capital, is on the Fitzroy of Port Curtis, near the Tropic of Capricorn. The eastern towns and ports are Maryborough, on the Mary, in Burnett; Gladstone, on Port Curtis; St. Lawrence, on Broad Sound; Mackay, on the Pioneer; Bowen, of Port Denison, in lat. 20; Townsville, of Cleveland Bay; and Cardwell, of Rockingham Bay, lat. 18. Somerset is near Cape York. Burke Town is the Gulf port of the Albert, and Norman Town of the Norman; Cooktown on the Endeavour; Palmerville on the Palmer. Inland, Ravenswood of the Burdekin, Charters Towers, Dalrymple, Maryvale, Herbertsvale, Wyatt, Bronghton, and Cape are in Kennedy; Clermont, Copperfield, Nebo, Springsure, Taroom, Banana, and Gainsford are in Leichhardt; Marlborough, Crocodile, Morinish, Calliope, and Princhester are in Port Curtis; Cania, Perry, Bundaberg, Gayndah, Gympie, Kilkivan, and Nanango are in Burnett; Ipswich, Beenleigh, Sandgate, Caboolture, and Logan are in Moreton. The Darling Downs townships are Toowoomba, Drayton, Dalby, Warwick, Stanthorpe, Leyburn, and Condamine. Roma, Surat, and St. George are in Maranoa district; and Charleville is in Warrego. Blackall and Tambo are by the Barcoo of the Western Interior. As to distances--Ipswich is 25 miles from Brisbane; Distance?. Toowoomba, 105; Caboolture, 30;...