Pathway to Progress: 1860-1973

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In the preface of my previous book, "The Birth of Central Queensland," I hinted of my desire that at a later date I would continue with the task of recording events of note from where the first book finished, up till the time this book, "Pathway to Progress," went to press.

After a great deal of reading through musty papers and seeking the advice of many only too willing to oblige, and without whose help this chronicle of events would never have been published, I present this history of events to readers for what it is worth, believing, as I do, that it is in the main, factual, at least as far as my research revealed.

I acknowledge that there have been many happenings which I have not touched upon. To cover the events of the last 100 years would be a task out of the ordinary and the cost of publishing same would be astronomical.

I make no apologies for giving this book's readers the opportunity to look back along the hard road which our forebears travelled in their journey from the cradle to the grave.

The title of this book seems to me to be aptly named. The road which each of us will travel through life will be the same as those who tread this road before us and those of the future will travel after us. The difference between the past, the present and the future, lies only in the extent and depth of the problems which are met with along the way.

We have come some distance since the reign of Queen Victoria, and if we had continued to travel at the pace, all would have been well, but the last 25 years have witnessed an acceleration bordering on a stampede with the end of the downhill run not yet in sight.

That there will be a climb back to sanity is inevitable, the price to be paid is far beyond our knowledge, but pay we must, or face the consequence.

If the readers of "Pathway to Progress" can find any comfort in its pages, then the labour involved in compiling this record of events, has not been without some merit.