Early Moreton Bay Settlement

  • First Fleet Arrival In Australia

  • Period: to

    Moreton Bay Settlement

  • John Oxley sent to find a site for convicts who had committed another crime since being sent to NSW

  • First convicts arrive in Moreton Bay Settlement ( Humpybong, Redcliffe

  • Settlement moved to banks of Brisbane River

  • Commissariat Store Complete

  • Convict Barrades built

  • Captain Logan killed

  • Female Factory Completed

  • Transportation directly to Moreton Bay ended

  • Moreton Bay Settlement proclaimed open for free settlement

  • Moreton Bay District of New South Wales becomes a seperate colony called Queensland

  • Goverment House Completed

  • Foundation store laid for St Stephen's Cathedrel