QUEENSLAND MINISTRIES ======================================================================================== Ministers appear in the order given in the Queensland Parliamentary Papers Later appointments appear in chronological order. 1st McIlwraith Ministry (21 January 1879 to 13 November 1883) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conservative Hon Thomas McIlwraith MLA: Colonial Treasurer to 5 January 1882. Colonial Secretary from 24 December 1881. Hon Arthur H Palmer MLA: Colonial Secretary, Secretary for Public Instruction to 24 December 1881 Hon J Malbon Thompson MLA: Minister for Justice to 16 May 1879 Hon Charles H Buzacott MLC: Postmaster-General to 17 December 1880 Hon John M Macrossan MLA: Secretary for Public Works and Mines to 13 March 1883 Hon Patrick Perkins MLA: Secretary for Public Lands ---------- Hon Ratcliffe Pring MLA: Attorney-General 16 May 1879 to 4 June 1880 Hon Henry R Beor MLA: Attorney-General 4 June 1880 to 25 December 1880 Hon Boyd D Morehead MLC: Postmaster-General 17 December 1880 to 3 August 1883 Hon Pope A Cooper MLA: Attorney-General 31 December 1880 to 5 January 1883 Hon Archibald Archer MLA: Colonial Treasurer, Secretary for Public Instruction from 5 January 1882 Hon Charles E Chubb MLA: Attorney-General from 5 January 1883 Hon Albert Norton MLA: Secretary for Public Works and Mines from 13 March 1883 Hon Francis T Gregory MLC: Postmaster-General from 25 September 1883