Development of the colony

By zsimbag

  • John Oxley sent to look for penal sites

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    Queensland 1800s

  • Moreton Bay convict settlement is officialy established at Redcliff

  • The German missionaries is officially opened christianity to Aboriginals in brisbane

  • Moreton bay becomes a free settlement

  • Queenslands first news paper

    The Moreton bay courier is published

  • Queenslands a colony

  • First telegraph line

    The first telegraph in Queensland is established

  • The Kenakas people

    They arrived in Queensland to work in Queenslands cane fields .

  • Queenslands first railway lines

    Opens between ipswitch and grandchester.

  • Free primary education is introduced in Queensland

    The first in Australia.

  • Queen Victoria grants the Queensland Coat of Arms

    Queen Victoria gives the oldest State Arms in Australia, to the Colony of Queensland.

  • Aboriginal Rights

    The legislation includes extensive clauses that restrict the rights of Aboriginal people, including controlling their finances.