The Queensland Blue Books give details of people employed in the Queensland Civil Service for the year of publication. After listings of various appointed and elected Government officers and members, the larger part of this volume records appointments by department.

 Information generally given for each appointment:

• Office
• Name
• Class under Civil Service Act (Ordinary or Professional)
• Date of Appointment
• By whom Appointed, and under what Instrument
• Annual Salary
• Date of First Appointment under Government of Queensland or New South Wales

Detailed Index to Contents:

• Alphabetical Index to Contents
• Administration of " Crown Lands Act of 1868 "
• Asylum—Benevolent & Lunatic
• Attorney-general
• Auditor-general
• Board of General Education
• Board for Administering Out-door Relief...
• Botanic Garden
• Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands
• Chief Inspector of Sheep
• Clerks of Petty Sessions
• Colonial Secretary
• Colonial Store
• Commissioner for Railways
• Courts—District, Insolvency, Supreme
• Crown Solicitor
• Customs
• Distilleries and Sugar Manufactories
• Electric Telegraphs
• Engineer of Roads
• Engraving and Lithographing
• Executive Council
• Foreign Consuls
• Gaols and Penal - Brisbane, Rockhampton, Toowoomba
• Penal Establishment, St Helen
• Guardians of Minors
• Geological Survey
• Gold Fields
• Government Printer
• Government Savings Bank
• His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief
• Immigration Agent
• Insolvency Court
• Legislative Council and Assembly
• Lock Hospitals
• Lunatic Reception Houses
• Marine Board
• Medical Staff
• Meteorological Observer
• Orphan Schools
• Pensions
• Police
• Police Magistrates
• Postmaster-general (Postmasters, Clerical and Letter carriers)
• Public Worship
• Registrar-General
• Secretary for Public Lands
• Secretary for Public Works, Mines, Etc,
• Sheriff
• Superintendent of Roads and Buildings
• Supreme Court
• Surveyor-general
• Stamp Duties
• Steamer " Kate "
• Treasurer—colonial
• Volunteer Force ... ...
• Water Police

This ebook is a the same as the CD version from Archive Digital Books Australasia which is available from Gould Genealogy & other retailers. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole original volume, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

Also available:

• Queensland Blue Book 1870 CD