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6 June- Allan Cunningham discovered the Darling Downs.
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Patrick Leslie arrived in Australia
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20 March- Patrick Leslie arrived at the junction of Sandy Creek (later named) and the Condamine River.
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4 June- Leslie’s main party arrived at Leslie’s crossing on the Condamine River about 8km below what became Toolburra Station.
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4 June- Leslie’s main party arrived at Leslie’s crossing on the Condamine River about 8km below what became Toolburra Station.
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Sept- Arthur Hodgson and Gilbert Elliot made contact with the NSW government at Moreton Bay via a track through Cunningham’s Gap. They had ridden from their station, Etonvale (at Mt Rubieslaw)
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October- Joe Archer, the bullocky, and Gilbert Elliot, found that the Cunningham’s Gap road was far too steep for
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7 Oct- Lieutenant Gorman, Commandant of the Moreton Bay Settlement, left the settlement to visit the Darling Downs, led by John Sterry Baker
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7 Oct- Lieutenant Gorman, Commandant of the Moreton Bay Settlement, left the settlement to visit the Darling Downs, led by John Sterry Baker
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19 Oct- Lieutenant Gorman reached Etonvale Station
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19 Oct- Lieutenant Gorman reached Etonvale Station
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Thomas Alford came to the Darling Downs and established a store on the Leyburn Road leading west. Arthur Hodgson later assisted his move to establish his store at “The Springs”.Hodgson’s Gap was re-opened.
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Stephen Mehan set up a store at “ The Springs”
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Stephen Mehan set up a store at “ The Springs”
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Stephen Mehan set up a store at “ The Springs”
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Arthur Hodgen and Gilbert Elliot grew wheat at Etonvale
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William Handcock set up a store at “ The Springs”