Sir Charles Lilley was a former premier (1868-70) and chief justice of Queensland (1879_93). He had a significant influence on the form and spirit of state education in colonial Queensland which lasted well into the twentieth century.
Lilley was responsible for the introduction of free education in Queensland in 1870 (the first Australian state to do so) and had a substantial influence on the Education Act, 1875 which, while amended on several occasions afterwards, sufficed until the Education Act 1964. He also influenced later debates on university and adult education.
Lilley naturally soon became acquainted with Richard Little and Joseph Bowles, other large landholders and prominent men in the Littleton community.
Lilley's herd of 180 steers in pasture on Big Sandy Creek was stolen and one of the herders killed.
Active in civic affairs, Lilley served in the Colorado Territorial legislature in 1872, and took an important part in all legislation pertaining to the state's agricultural interests.
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