Moreton Bay colony development timeline

By mclark12

  • Sir Thomas Brisbane directs John Oxley to find new suitable convict settlement site.

  • John Oxley establishes Moreton Bay convict settlement as part of the New South Wales colony in Redcliffe.

  • Governor Brisbane visits Moreton Bay settlement.

  • The Moreton Bay convict settlement is transferred to further up the Brisbane River.

  • The Old Windmill is built by convicts in Brisbane.

  • First Telegraph lines are built in Brisbane.

  • Moreton Bay is opened to free settlers.

  • First newspaper is published.

  • Queensland is proclaimed as its own colony free from New South Wales.

  • Christianity comes to Brisbane.

  • First Queensland elections are held.