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jan 1, 1879 - Queensland Coast Island act passed

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In 1871 Queensland's Minister for Lands recommended the colonial government take charge of all islands between three and sixty miles from the coast, to control mineral and guano mining. ... The provisions of the 1878 Letters Patent were then incorporated into the Queensland Coast Islands Act 1879.

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jan 1, 1879
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~ 146 years ago