Timeline of History Related to Queensland
- 1770
- Captain James Cook encountered Queensland coast
- 1825
- Brisbane established as penal settlement
- 1839
- Brisbane penal settlement closed
- 1842
- Free settlement permitted
- 1859
- Queensland established as a self-governing colony
- 1860
- Ipswich officially declared a town
- 1866
- Queensland Treasury banknotes issued for the first time
- 1879
- Local government established with the Divisional Boards Act
- 1 January 1901
- Federation of Australia