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Jhon Oxley sent to look for new penal sites
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Queensland 1800's
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Moreton Bay convict settlement transferred to the banks of Brisbane river
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German missionaries bring Christianity to the Aborigines in Brisbane
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The Moreton Bay district is officially opened to free settlement.
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Queensland's first newspaper, the Moreton Bay Courier is published.
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The proclamation establishing the Colony of Queensland is read to wild applause
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In April, the first telegraph line in Queensland is established, revolutionising communication in the colony.
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The Kanakas (Melanesian people from South Pacific) arrive in Queensland to work in Queensland's cane fields (until 1904).
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Queensland's first rail line opens between Ipswich and Grandchester.
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Free primary education is introduced in Queensland, the first in Australia.
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Queen Victoria grants the Queensland Coat of Arms
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he Act also gave the government the right to exercise guardianship over all Indigenous children in the colony.