Papers Relative To The Separation Of The Moreton Bay District From New South Wales, And The Establishment Of A Separate Government. Presented To Both Houses Of Parliament By Her Majesty's Command, 30Th July 1858. Moreton Bay District:

London: Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, for H.M.S.O., 1858. F'scap folio. (vi, 66pp.). With a large fold. engrv. map by John Arrowsmith hand-col. in outline captioned: "Map shewing the Proposed Boundary between New South Wales and the Moreton Bay District, and the Proposed Division of that Colony into Electoral Districts, . Jany. 1858". Includes the original Despatches from the Governor-General Sir W. Denison, Despatches from the Secretary of State Lord John Russell, and response from The Right Hon. Lord Stanley. NOTE: The original parliamentary paper from the British Parliament decreeing the establishment of Queensland as a separate State. Extremely rare.