Moreton Bay development

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

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

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

  • Governor Brisbane visits Moreton Bay settlement.

  • The Old Windmill is built by convicts in Brisbane.

    1828 - 1830

  • Moreton Bay is opened to free settlers.

  • First newspaper is published.

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

  • The first elections are held

  • The Old Windmill is built by convicts in Brisbane.

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