View of Brisbane, 1860. The Moreton Bay Courier Tues 3 July 1860 Notes Made At Brisbane In Queensland By An Invalid (From the Melbourne Age, June 7) Various circumstances, among which may be numbered a not over robust state of health, having rendered a residence in Queensland desirable, I very recently transferred myself and traps to Brisbane, the infant capital of that still long-coated colony. Being a stranger in the land, I have felt the time hang somewhat heavily on my hands, and, as a divertisement, I have written down a few notes on the place and its inhabitants which may supply some
View of Brisbane, 1860. The Moreton Bay Courier Tues 3 July 1860 Notes Made At Brisbane In Queensland By An Invalid (From the Melbourne Age, June 7) Various circumstances, among which may be numbered a not over robust state of health, having rendered a residence in Queensland desirable, I very recently transferred myself and traps to Brisbane, the infant capital of that still long-coated colony. Being a stranger in the land, I have felt the time hang somewhat heavily on my hands, and, as a divertisement, I have written down a few notes on the place and its inhabitants which may supply some information to people at a distance; but whether they may be found to possess that merit or not - here at all events, they are:- Various things soon make a visitor from Sydney to Brisbane aware that he has approached a few degrees nearer to the equator. He feels the atmosphere sensibily warmer. The leaves of the bananas are broader add of a deeper green than those he may have seen about Sydney and the Hunter, and large spaces of ground under pineapples show that tropical fruits that will not thrive in the south may be brought to tolerable perfection here. Speaking of fruits, I may say that the two kinds I have mentioned, are almost the only ones worth notice that are produced here. The peaches, I am told, though plentiful, are very inferior, but efforts are being made to improve them, which the horticulturists say are likely to prove successful to some extent. Grapes, by all accounts, are an uncertain production. Sometimes they are very good, but oftener the climate proves too hot for them. A few I have tasted even in this, the first month of winter, which had arrived at perfect maturity, and were very well flavoured. Probably, if more pains were taken in this cultivation, the quality of this and other fruits might be improved; but a very short residence in Queensland is sufficient to show a stranger that its inhabitants are an easygoing set of people, willing to take the good
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