| Queensland Colony | |||||||||||
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| 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" | |||||||||||
| Capital | Brisbane | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| • Type | Self-governing colony | ||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||
• 1859–1901 | Victoria | ||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||
• 1859–1868 | George Bowen first | ||||||||||
• 1896–1901 | Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington last | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament of Queensland | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Independence from the New South Wales colony | 6 June 1859 | ||||||||||
| 1 January 1901 | |||||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||||
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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.