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Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau
Created to promote Queensland to visitors and settlers, this government bureau helped shape how the state was presented in the early 20th century. Its publications mixed practical information with vivid marketing, offering a window into Queensland’s ambitions at the time.
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Queensland, the Rich but Sparsely Peopled Country, a Paradise for Willing Workers
by Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau
About the author
Established on 11 April 1907 as a sub-department of the Queensland Chief Secretary’s Office, the Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau was an official government body rather than an individual author. It was created to provide information about Queensland and to encourage tourism and migration, producing pamphlets, guidebooks, and other promotional material about the state.
Its publications often combined travel guidance with descriptions of Queensland’s industries, climate, resources, and scenic attractions. That makes the bureau an interesting “author” for modern readers: the works are both practical guides and historical snapshots of how Queensland wanted to present itself to the world.
The bureau was later transferred to the Railway Department in 1929, and over time it became known as the Queensland Government Tourist Bureau. Today, its surviving booklets and guides remain useful sources for understanding early twentieth-century Queensland and the language of official travel promotion.