Hi Karolyne, If my memory is correct, most of the ports on the north coast were operating by 1881. My wife's rels came to Bowen in 1872, Maryborough by 1870. etc Also have a James Windlass Quinn, whose mother had a hotel in Brisbane 1880s married a Connell in Warwick area. Ian. Port Macquarie ----- Original Message ----- From: Karolyne Quinn <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 1:32 PM Subject: Did QLD have a port prior to 1881? > Hello and happy New Year to all! Could SKS tell me whether there was a > port in QLD used for people coming from the UK prior to 1881? I am > looking for a James QUINN from between 1830 and 1881 who I associate in > and around the Townsville area (drover). Are there online records I > could search? > > Thanks in advance, > Karolyne Quinn > Adelaide > > ********************************************************************** > Karolyne Quinn > Ph: 0418 830 662 > Ensharla Art- http://www.geocities.com/ensharla/index.html > > > > ==== AUS-NQ Mailing List ==== > Pay our own Web site a visit at http://www.ultra.net.au/~fhanq/ausnq for a collection of North Queensland Resources. >