Queensland statistical information is found at the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other agencies such as:
Queensland Government Statistician's Office - demographic, economic and social data relating to the state of Queensland
Queensland Health Statistical Services Branch - statistics on the health of Queenslanders and their use of health services
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority - data on enrolment and assessment outcomes provided by Queensland schools and the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre
Other statistics can be found with a search of the Queensland Government website
Start with the Library Catalogue
Example: Queensland -- Statistics
Selected works:
Information about Queensland
A researcher needs answers to 3 specific questions about Queensland:
1. Information about the geography of Queensland is given in the Region Summary from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The total area is approximately 1.73 million square kilometres (668,497 square miles)
2. Population data is also available from the ABS in Australian Historical Population Statistics. Use the downloads tab to open the files, where you can find, in 'Population Age-Sex Structure' for Queensland, 1987:
Males: 1344029
Females: 1331078
3. Information for 1987 is more likely to be available in print than online. A careful National Library Catalogue search reveals a 1987 publication, Children in care : Welstat National Data Collection
Statistics are published by state, and include several categories of care orders. Briefly, in 1987 the number of children under guardianship orders in Queensland were:
FEATURED RESOURCE
Queensland [cartographic material] compiled and published from latest available information by Southern Sales Ltd, 1909
Map of Queensland showing railways, main roads, shire boundaries, shire names and cities. Includes comparative state statistics for 1909.
FROM THE ABS
QLD resources include:
