The first one hundred years : Department of Primary Industries Queensland 1887-1987

Abstract

To understand the history of the Department of Primary Industries, it is necessary to study the land settlement and land policies of Queensland in the middle and late nineteenth
century.

The first official notice of the establishment of the Department appeared in the Queensland Government Gazette as follows:
Queensland Government Gazette Vol. XLI Saturday, 18th June, 1887 No. 34 Department of Public Lands Brisbane, 17th June, 1887
Notice
It is hereby notified for general information, that His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to establish a Department of Agriculture, to be managed by an Under Secretary, with the necessary staff, and under the direct control of the Secretary for Public Lands.
C. B. Dutton