Separation of Queensland![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Map_of_Queensland_at_Separation_in_1859.tiff/lossy-page1-220px-Map_of_Queensland_at_Separation_in_1859.tiff.jpg) Map of Queensland at Separation in 1859 |
Date | 6 June 1859 |
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Location | Queensland |
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Type | Separation |
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Motive | Desire for better representation |
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Outcome | Land that forms the present-day State of Queensland was excised from the Colony of New South Wales |
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The Separation of Queensland was an event in 1859 in which the land that forms the present-day State of Queensland in Australia was excised from the Colony of New South Wales and created as a separate Colony of Queensland.