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EARLY DAYS
IN
NORTH QUEENSLAND
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Edward Palmer
From photo, by “Tosca,” Brisbane.
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EARLY DAYS
IN
NORTH QUEENSLAND


BY
THE LATE
EDWARD PALMER
SYDNEY
ANGUS & ROBERTSON
MELBOURNE: ANGUS, ROBERTSON & SHENSTONE
1903
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TO THE NORTH-WEST.
I know the land of the far, far away,Where the salt bush glistens in silver-grey;Where the emu stalks with her striped brood,Searching the plains for her daily food.
I know the land of the far, far west,Where the bower-bird builds her playhouse nest;Where the dusky savage from day to day,Hunts with his tribe in their old wild way.
’Tis a land of vastness and solitude deep,Where the dry hot winds their revels keep;The land of mirage that cheats the eye,The land of cloudless and burning sky.
’Tis a land of drought and pastures grey,Where flock-pigeons rise in vast array;Where the “nardoo” spreads its silvery sheenOver the plains where the floods have been.
’Tis a land of gidya and dark boree,Extended o’er plains like an inland sea,Boundless and vast, where the wild winds pass,O’er the long rollers and billows of grass.
I made my home in that thirsty land,Where rivers for water are filled with sand;Where glare and heat and storms sweep by,Where the prairie rolls to the western sky.
—“Loranthus.”
Cloncurry, 1897.
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W. C. Penfold & Co., Printers, Sydney.
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PREFACE.
The writer came to Queensland two years beforeseparation, and shortly afterwards took part inthe work of outside settlement, or pioneering,looking for new country to settle on with stock. Goingfrom Bowen out west towards the head of the FlindersRiver in 1864, he continued his connection with thisoutside life until his death in 1899. Many of the originalexplorers and pioneers were known to him personally;of these but few remain. This little work is merelya statement of facts and incidents connected with thework of frontier life, and the progress of pastoral occupationin the early days. It lays no claim to anyliterary style. Whatever faults are found in it, the indulgenceusually accorded to a novice is requested.It has been a pleasant task collecting the informationfrom many of the early settlers in orde                        
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