Development of the Colony

By shultzsch1
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    Queensland development

  • John oxley sent to look for penal sites

  • Moreton bay convict settlment

  • botanist Alan Cunningham discovers Darling Downs and a gqp in the great dividing range

    botanist Alan Cunningham discovers Darling Downs and a gqp in the great dividing range

  • German missionares in Zion Hill commence

  • the courier mail is established

    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

  • The archer brothers trek throu Fritzroy Valleyand settle at Gracemere, near Rockhampton.

    The Archer brothers trek through the Fitzroy Valley and settle at Gracemere, near Rockhampton.

  • sleet and snow is recorded in Goerge street

  • The first contigment of Queensland soldiers leave

    The first contigment of Queensland soldiers leave for the Boar war in South Africa.

  • cases of bobonic plagua officaly reported

  • last of the offical bobonic plague cases reported

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