Moreton Bay Convict Settlement is transferred to the banks of the Brisbane River near the northern end of the Victoria Bridge
•German missionaries establish the Zion Hill Mission (now Nundah) to bring Christianity to the Aborigines in Brisbane.
•The Moreton Bay district is officially opened to free settlement
•Queensland's first newspaper, the Moreton Bay Courier is published.
•On 6 June, Queen Victoria signs the Letters Patent, approving Queensland becoming a separate colony to New South Wales, with its own representative government
•In April, the first telegraph line in Queensland is established, revolutionising communication in the colony
•The Kanakas (Melanesian people from South Pacific) arrive in Queensland to work in Queensland's cane fields