Morteon Bay Colony

By bhussey

  • New Convict Settlement site

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

  • Convict settlement is transferred

    1. The Morton Bay convict settlement is transferred to further up the Brisbane River.

  • Governor visits Morton Bay.

    3.Governor Brisbane visits Morton Bay settlement.

  • John Oxley establishes Morton Bay convict settlement.

    4.John Oxley establishes Morton Bay convict settlement as part of the New South Wales colony in Red cliff.

  • The Old Windmill is built.

    The Old Windmill is built.
    5.The Old Windmill is built by convicts in Brisbane.
    October 1828-1830

  • Christianity comes to Brisbane.

    6.Christianity comes to Brisbane in 1838.

  • Morton Bay is opened for free settlers.

    1. Morton Bay is opened to free settlers in January 1842.

  • First news papers.

    First news papers.
    1. the First newspaper where published in 1846.

  • Queensland’s first governor arrives in Brisbane.

    9.Queensland’s first governor, Sir George Ferguson Bowen arrives in Brisbane in 1859.

  • The first Queensland elections.

    10.The first Queensland elections were held in 1860.

  • .First Telegraph lines.

    11.First Telegraph lines are built in Brisbane in 1878.

  • Colony free from New South Wales

    12.Queensland is proclaimed as its own colony free from New South Wales in 1890.