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Period: to
queensland 1800's
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Jonh Oxly
Explorer John oxley travels up the Brisbane river and camps at breafast creek,near present-day Newstead house. -
Moreton Bay convict settlement
The Moreton Bay convict settlement, established in Redcliffe in 1824, is transferred to the banks of the Brisbane River near the northern end of the Victoria Bridge. -
German missionaries
German missionaries establish the Zion Hill Mission (now Nundah) to bring Christianity to the Aborigines in Brisbane -
Moreton Bay
The Moreton Bay district is officially opened to free settlement. -
Queensland's first newspaper
Queensland's first newspaper, the Moreton Bay Courier is published. This later became The Courier, then the Brisbane Courier, and since 1933 The Courier-Mail -
Queensland
On 6 June, Queen Victoria signs the Letters Patent, approving Queensland becoming a separate colony to New South Wales, with its own representative government. -
First telegraph line
In April, the first telegraph line in Queensland is established, revolutionising communication in the colony. The first line linked Brisbane to Ipswich and later extended to Sydney. -
Kanakas people
The Kanakas (Melanesian people from South Pacific) arrive in Queensland to work in Queensland's cane fields (until 1904). -
Queensland’s first railway line
Queensland's first rail line opens between Ipswich and Grandchester. -
Free primary education
The Education Act 1875 establishes the basis for Queensland’s system of free primary secular education. -
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria grants the Queensland Coat of Arms, the oldest State Arms in Australia, to the Colony of Queensland. -
Aboriginal rights-
The Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act is passed. The legislation includes extensive clauses that restrict the rights of Aboriginal people, including controlling their finances. Other sections of the Act permit the Queensland Government to deport Aboriginal people to missions and reserves where they could be forcibly incarcerated. The Act also gave the government the right to exercise guardianship over all Indigenous children in the colony