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William Henry Corfield
1843–1927
An English-born Queensland pioneer, he turned years of travel, business, and public service into a vivid firsthand account of colonial life. His memoirs offer an on-the-ground view of the people and places that shaped nineteenth-century 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 moved to Queensland in 1862 while still a young man. Over the years he worked in a remarkable range of roles, including carrier, publican, storekeeper, and politician, building a life in the fast-changing communities of colonial Australia.
Corfield later served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing Gregory. He is best remembered by readers today for Reminiscences of Queensland, 1862–1899, a memoir drawn from his own experiences of travel, settlement, and public life in the region.
He died in Brisbane in 1927. His writing remains valuable for its direct, personal picture of frontier-era Queensland and the society that grew there.