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  • The original Proclamation publicly read by Sir George Ferguson Bowen's acting private secretary Abram Moriarty at Government House in Adelaide Street, officially proclaiming Queensland as a separate colony from New South Wales.

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    1850s
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    Brisbane
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    Queensland State Archives, Series ID S19294: The Proclamation of Queensland doc…
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Proclamation of Queensland document
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Transcript of the Proclamation of Queensland document page 1

Transcript of the Proclamation of Queensland document page 2

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