Census of the Colony of Queensland, 1861
The first Census of the Colony of Queensland was taken on the 7th April 1861. There are very few copies of this publication in circulation. As mentioned by the Registrar-General in 1861, “Before the Government of any country can enter into a consideration of the sanatory condition of its subjects, and make laws and regulations for the protection of their health, it must be possessed of reliable information on which to act; to supply this information is the duty of the Statist, and although this colony—blessed with a healthy climate, and as yet possessing only a scattered population in the full enjoyment of all the necessaries and most of the luxuries of life—may not yet require the enactment of Sanatory Laws, there is still little doubt that as population increases they will become necessary, and the value of these records will then be apparent.”
The Census was conducted by the Registrar-General and 131 collectors across 17 “enumerators’ districts”. In contrast there were over 7,670 collectors and 478 “statistical local areas” in Queensland for the Australian Census of Population and Housing 2006 conducted on 8 August 2006. During Census 2006, over 10 per cent of Queenslanders filled in the Census on line. The full PDF is 48 pages. The introductory text and appendix/table downloads are also available.
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Sections
For ease of download and printing, the publication has been divided into sections. Each section has a cover page which includes information on the section's content, provides guidance on printing and states the publication's licence.
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| Report, Section 1 | (2,855 kB) | |
| Report, Section 2 | (3,970 kB) | |
| Tables 1 and 2, Section 3 | (3,330 kB) | |
| Tables 3 and 4, Section 4 | (2,140 kB) | |
| Tables 5 and 6, Section 5 | (3,215 kB) | |
| Appendices A to D, Section 6 | (1,700 kB) | |
| Appendices E to G, Section 7 | (1,360 kB) | |
| Appendices H, I, K and L, Section 8 | (1,850 kB) | |
| Foldout table, Section 9 | (1,880 kB) |
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More Information
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Last reviewed: Sep 21, 2009, Last modified: Jul 31, 2009
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