Development of the Colony

By eviefairbanks

  • John Oxley sent to look for new penals

  • Period: to

    Queesland 1800's

  • Moreton bay convict settlement

    The moreton bay convict settlement was established in redcliffe 1824. the location was trasferred to the banks of brisbane river near the northen end of victoria brigde.

  • German Missionaries establish the Zion Hill Mission

  • Moreton Bay is officially open to free settlement

  • Queenslands first newspaper was published

  • Queensland becomes a colony

  • The First Telegraph line in Queensland is estblished

  • Kenakas people arrive to work in the cane fields

  • Queenslands first railway line opens

  • Free Primary Education indroduced in Queensland

  • Queen Victoria gives the coat of arms to Queensland

  • Aboriginal Rights