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John Oxley sent to look for new penal sites
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Queensland 1800
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Mortont Bay convictransferred to the banks of the Brisbane River near the northern end of the Victoria Bridge
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German missionaries establish the Zion Hill Mission (now Nundah) to 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. This later became The Courier, then the Brisbane Courier, and since 1933 The Courier-Mail
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On 6 June, Queen Victoria signs the Letters Patent, approving Queensland becoming a separate colony to New South Wales, with its own representative government
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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).