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John Oxley- sent by Sir Thomas Brisbane to search for new penal sites
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Period: to
Queensland 1800s
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Moreton Bay Convict settlement- established at Redcliffe
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German Missionaries- brought Christianity to the Aborigines in Brisbane
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Moreton Bay- becomes a free settlement
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Queensland’s first newspaper the Moreton bay Courier is published.
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Queensland- becomes a colony
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First telegraph line in Queensland is established.
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Kenakas people arrive to work in the cane fields
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Queensland’s first railway line opens
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Free primary education introduced in Queensland. The first in Australia
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Queen Victoria gives the coat of arms to Queensland
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Aboriginal rights- government passed an act to restrict the rights of Aboriginal people and allowed them to be sent to missions and gave the government rights to the guardianship of Aboriginal children.