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PUBLICATION UPDATE: The Colonial Forces Study Group (Qld) is proud to present its flagship publication, funded by a grant from the Q150 Community Funding Program.
 'A Most Promising Corps': Citizen soldiers in colonial Queensland, 1860 - 1903 is an authoritative work of historical research that tells the local stories of Queensland's colonial military for the first time. it has around 300 pages of new research and illustrations, and will provide local historians, genealogists, military historians and general readers with revealing insights into the organisation and membership of all branches of the Queensland Defence force.
The book focuses on the cities and towns that supported the development of Queensland's colonial military forces. Places covered include: Allora, Augathella, Ayr, Beenleigh, Biggenden, Blackstone, Boonah, Bowen, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns, Charters Towers, Childers, Clermont, Clifton, Cooktown, Dalby, Gatton, Gladstone, Gympie, Herberton, Howard, Hughenden, Ingham, Ipswich, Lowood, Mackay, Maryborough, Mount Morgan, Nerang, North Pine, Ravenswood, Redclife, Rockhampton, Roma, Southport, Stanthorpe, Thursday Island, Toowoomba, Townsville, and Warwick.
All branches of Queensland's colonial military and naval forces that operated in those towns and cities have been examined, and a list of officers known to have served in each town will be of special interest.
Written by historians of the Colonial Forces Study Group (Qld), and edited by Geoff Ginn, Hilary Davies and Brian Rough, 'A most Promising Corps' incorporates a wealth of local, official and military information, and presents a detailed picture of a little-known aspect of our military heritage.
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'A Most Promising Corps': Citizen Soldiers in Colonial Queensland, 1860 - 1903.
Written by historians of the Colonial Forces Study Group (Qld), and edited by Geoff Ginn, Hilary Davies and Brian Rough, Brisbane 2010.
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Moreton Regiment 1886. First Regiment of Queensland.
Peter D. Anderson, Brisbane 1986.
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General Orders of the Queensland Defence Force 1885
Colonial Forces Study Group (Q), Rough, B G (Ed), Brisbane, 2nd Edn, 2009.
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Lines of Defence: the lineage of the Queensland Naval and Military Forces, 1860-1901
Colonial Forces Study Group (Q), Rough, B G, Brisbane, 2nd Edn 2009.
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