Development of the Colony

By etaylor20

  • John Oxley sent to look for new penal site

  • Period: to

    Queensland 1800

  • The Moreton Bay Settelment was established in Redcliff

  • German Missionaries- brought Christianity to the Aborigines in Brisbane

  • Moreton Bay becomes a free settlement

  • Queensland’s first newspaper the Moreton bay Courier is published

  • Queensland becomes a colony

  • First telegraph line in Queensland is established.

  • Kenakas people arrive to work in the cane fields

    the Kanakas(Melanesian people from South Pacific) arrive in Queensland to work in Queensland's cane fields (until 1904).

  • Queensland’s first railway line opens

    Queensland's first rail line opens between Ipswich and Grandchester

  • Free primary education introduced in Queensland. The first in Australia

    Free primary education is introduced in Queensland, the first in Australia.

  • Queen Victoria gives the coat of arms to Queensland

    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