Development of the Colony

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  • John Oxley sent to look for new penal sites

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    Queensland 1800

  • Moreton Bay Convict Settlement is transferred to the banks of the Brisbane River near the northern end of the Victoria Bridge

  • •German missionaries establish the Zion Hill Mission (now Nundah) to bring Christianity to the Aborigines in Brisbane.

  • •The Moreton Bay district is officially opened to free settlement

  • •Queensland's first newspaper, the Moreton Bay Courier is published.

  • •On 6 June, Queen Victoria signs the Letters Patent, approving Queensland becoming a separate colony to New South Wales, with its own representative government

  • •In April, the first telegraph line in Queensland is established, revolutionising communication in the colony

  • •The Kanakas (Melanesian people from South Pacific) arrive in Queensland to work in Queensland's cane fields