Colony of Queensland

Queensland Colony
Colony of the United Kingdom
1859–1901

Light green: Queensland

Green: Territory of Papua (annexed by Queensland in 1883)

Dark grey: Other British possessions
Anthem
"God Save the Queen"
CapitalBrisbane
Government
 • TypeSelf-governing colony
Monarch 
• 1859–1901
Victoria
Governor 
• 1859–1868
George Bowen first
• 1896–1901
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington last
LegislatureParliament of Queensland
History 
• Independence from the New South Wales colony
6 June 1859
1 January 1901
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Colony of New South Wales
Queensland
British New Guinea
Today part of

The Colony of Queensland was a colony of the British Empire from 1859 to 1901, when it became a State in the federal Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. At its greatest extent, the colony included the present-day State of Queensland, the Territory of Papua and the Coral Sea Islands Territory.