Moreton Bay Conoly

By julietellis

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

  • Governor Brisbane visits Moreton Bay settlement

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

  • The Old Windmill is built by convicts in Brisbane.

  • Moreton Bay is opened to free settlers

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

  • First newspaper is published

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

  • Queensland’s first governor, Sir George Ferguson Bowen arrives in Brisbane

  • Christianity comes to Brisbane

  • First Telegraph lines are built in Brisbane

  • First Queensland elections are held