Morten Bay Settlement

By isabellaclark4

  • Jhon Oxly

    New South Wales Governor Thomas Brisbane sends Lieutenant John Oxley to find new penal sites.

  • Moreton Bay convict settlement

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

  • Morten Bay Convict Settlement Made

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

  • Settlement moved

    Brisbane Moreton Bay convict settlement is transferred to further up the Brisbane River. Penal Settlement removed from Redcliffe to Edenglassie - the first name given to Brisbane now is called Brisbane.

  • Governor Brisbane visits Moreton Bay settlement

    Governor Brisbane leaves Sydney and visits the Moreton Bay settlement founded by Lieutenant Jhon Oxley .

  • Governor Brisbane visits Moreton Bay

    Governor Brisbane visits Moreton Bay settlement. November 1824

  • The Old Windmill

    The Old Windmill
    The Old Windmill is built by convicts in Brisbane.
    Old Windmill is a heritage-listed tower located in Wickham Park, on Wickham Terrace in Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is the oldest surviving building in Queensland. The Old Windmill was built in 1828-1830 during colonial time. Today this is the only remaining convict-built structures in Queensland

  • Christianity comes to Brisbane

    Christianity comes to Brisbane. German missionaries establish the Zion Hill Mission (now Nundah) to bring Christianity to the Aborigines in Brisbane. German mission established to bring Christianity: eleven men, eight women and eleven children.

  • Free Settlers Have Arrived

    Moreton Bay is opened to free settlers. News received in Settlement that Moreton Bay would be open to free settlers.

  • First newspaper is published

    First newspaper is published
    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.

  • Queensland’s first Governor

    Queensland’s first governor, Sir George Ferguson Bowen arrives in Brisbane. On 10 December, Queensland's first Governor, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, and his wife Lady Diamantina, arrive in Brisbane. The proclamation establishing the Colony of Queensland is read to wild applause from the balcony of Government House (now the Deanery of St John's Cathedral).

  • First Queensland elections are held

    The first Queensland elections are held. Robert George Wyndham Herbert assumes the role of Queensland’s first Premier on 22nd of May.

  • First Telegraph lines

    First Telegraph lines are built in Brisbane.

  • Queensland is independent

    Queensland is proclaimed as its own colony free from New South Wales.Central Queensland organises a petition to separate from Queensland and form its own representative government.