Morton Bay Settlement

By asavage2

  • john oxly establishes morton bay convict settlement site

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

  • govenor brisbane visitsmorton bay

  • 8. The Moreton Bay convict settlement is transferred to further up the Brisbane River

  • The Old Windmill is built by convicts in Brisbane.

  • Moreton Bay is opened to free settlers.

  • First newspaper is published

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

  • 10. Christianity comes to Brisbane

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

  • First Telegraph lines are built in Brisbane