Development of the Colony

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  • John Oxley sent to look for new penal sites

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    Queensland 1800

  • Moreton Bay Convict Settlement

  • German Missionaries

  • Moreton Bay becomes a free settlement

  • Queenslands first newspaper

  • Queensland becomes a Colony

  • The first telegraph line in Queensland

  • The Kanakas people arrive in Queensland to work

  • Queenslands first railway

  • Free Primary Education is introduced. ( first in Australia)

  • Queen Victoria gives Queensland the coat of arms

  • Aboriginal rights is introduced