moreton

By lmortimer

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    Sir Thomas Brisbane directs John Oxley to find new suitable convict settlement site

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    Brisbane Moreton Bay convict settlement is transferred to further up the River

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    John Oxley establishes Moreton Bay convict settlement as part of the New South Wales colony in Redcliffe.

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    Governor Brisbane visits Moreton Bay settlement.

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    The Old Windmill is built by convicts in Brisbane

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    Christianity comes to Brisbane.

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    Moreton Bay is opened to free settlers

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    First newspaper is published

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    Queensland’s first governor, Sir George Ferguson Bowen arrives in Brisbane

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    First Queensland elections are held

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    First Telegraph lines are built in Brisbane

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    Queensland is proclaimed as its own colony free from New South Wales