Development of the Colony

By jbuckley6

  • John Oxley sent to look for new penal sites

  • Period: to

    Queensland 1800

  • The Moreton Bay convict settlement

  • German Missionaries establish the Zion Hill Mission which is now Nundah to bring Christianity to the Aborigines

  • Moreton Bay district is opened to free settlement

  • Queensland's first newspaper is published

  • Queen Victoria signs the Letter Patent approving Queensland becoming a seperate colony to New South Whales

  • The first telegraph line in Queensland is established

  • The Kanakas arrive in Queensland to work in the cane fields

  • Queenslands first rail line opens

  • The first free primary education in Australia is introduced in Queensland

  • The Goverment gave rights to the Aboriginal people including controlling their finance. The act also gave the goverment the right to exercise guardship of the children in the colony

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