Dedication

To my late brother John Kingsley Connor, Master of Agricultural Science, who instigated a project of investigation into the history of past generations of family members together with that of many other early arrivals to colonial Australia and whose patience, perseverance and presence in many archival libraries over a considerable period of time provided a considerable amount of historical data. This information had proved to be extremely useful in the production of our earlier book by combining the results of our individual investigations and writings, in assisting a number of other family history researchers in their own investigations, and by making a very significant contribution towards the writing of the introductory chapters of this current work.

To John Young Walker, a copy of whose 1890 publication the HISTORY OF BUNDABERG - A TYPICAL QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENT which resided in grandfather Richard Walter Adams’s red-cedar bookcase during John’s and my school days, introduced me to, and awakened an interest in, the very early days of Bundaberg’s development and of the pioneers who contributed to this development.

To the many pioneers, not mentioned in this book, without whom the achievements and development described in the text would not have been possible.

To Tony Coutts, a most competent engineering surveyor and a gentleman of great consideration, who was a frequent companion in the investigation and surveying of works for remote communities in such locations as on Cape York Peninsular, in and about the Gulf of Carpentaria and in Torres Strait where a great deal of experience was gained, much of which is of relevance to the writing of this book.

And to those readers who enjoy the adventure of understanding how what we can now see had come to be.