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William Henry Corfield
1843–1927
A pioneering settler in western Queensland, he turned years on the road, in business, and in public life into a vivid firsthand account of colonial Australia. His writing offers a practical, lived-in view of the hardships and opportunities of frontier Queensland.
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Reminiscences of Queensland, 1862-1869
by William Henry Corfield
About the author
Born in Yeovil, Somerset, in 1843, William Henry Corfield emigrated to Queensland as a young man in 1862. He worked across a wide range of occupations, including carrying, storekeeping, and hotel keeping, and became closely associated with the development of western Queensland.
Corfield later entered public life and served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing Gregory. His long experience in the bush and in regional business gave him a strong connection to the country he wrote about.
He is best remembered as the author of Reminiscences of Queensland, 1862–1899, a memoir valued for its firsthand picture of colonial life, travel, settlement, and everyday challenges in nineteenth-century Queensland. He died in Brisbane in 1927.