Development of the Colony

By nsullivan1

  • John Oxley sent to look for new penal sites

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    Queensland 1800s

  • Moreton Bay Convict Settlement Established in Redcliffe

  • German missionaries established the Zion Hill Mission

  • The Morton Bay district is officially open for free settlement

  • Queensland first newspaper was published, the Morton Bay Courier

  • Queensland became a colony

  • Queenslands first telegraph was established

  • The Kanakas arrived to work in the cane fields

  • Queensland first railway line was opened

  • Free primary education was introduced in Queensland.

  • Queen Victoria grants Queensland the Coat of Arms.

  • The Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act is passed.