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Allan Cunningham discovered the Darling Downs.
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Patrick Leslie arrived in Australia
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Patrick Leslie arrived at the junction of Sandy Creek (later named) and the Condamine River.
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The first head station was established by the Leslie brothers at Toolburra This was the first permanent pastoral settlement in present day QLD
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Arthur Hodgson and Gilbert Elliot made contact with the NSW government at Moreton Bay via a track through Cunningham’s Gap. They had ridden from their station, Etonvale (at Mt Rubieslaw)
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Joe Archer, the bullocky, and Gilbert Elliot, found that the Cunningham’s Gap road was far too steep for drays.
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Thomas Alford came to the Darling Downs and established a store on the Leyburn Road leading west. Arthur Hodgson later assisted his move to establish his store at “The Springs”.
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John Campbell of Westbrook Station produced a magnificent crop of wheat. There were 26 stations on the downs.
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Arthur Hodgen and Gilbert Elliot grew wheat at Etonvale
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William Handcock set up a store at “ The Springs”
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The original Bull’s Head Inn was built
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What was to be called the Toll Bar Road superseded the Flagstone Creek road.
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A bridle track along the Mt Lofty foothills came into use.
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William Horton became the licensee of the Bull Head’s Inn.
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J.C. Burnett surveyed the existing settlement at “The Springs’ (Drayton).