Brisbane and Springhill

By finmills

  • Original Inhabitanta

    Jagera and Turrba tribes live on either side of the brisbane river, and were there for thousands of years before Europeans invaded

  • First QLD European Settlement

    Penal Settlement set up at Redcliffe

  • Turrbal People at York's Hollow

  • Settlement relocates to Brisbane

    Limited water supplies and hostile natives caused the Colonists to move to the banks of the brisbane river

  • Development of Settlement

    Crops were planted and buildings built

  • Old Mill Built by Convicts

  • Brisbane becomes free settlement

    Immigrants were allowed free settlement in the Moreton Bay area.

  • Aborigines banned from City Area

  • Queensland established as separate Colony

    Queensland was separated from NSW and made its own colony, and in time, state

  • Terrace Opened, Toowong Cemetery

  • Indigenous People scarce in QLD

    Indigenous were at risk of extinction in QLD, so government relocated them to reserves under the Aboriginal Protection ACt, which was not amended until 1971

  • Australia's Federation

    Australioa becomes a federation and is separated from England, becoming it's own country

  • Centenary Pool Opened

  • Victoria Park used for Recreation