Moreton Bay Penal Settlement
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The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement operated from 1824 to 1842. It became the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Watercolour painting of Moreton Bay Settlement, 1835
Female Convict Factory on the site of the present Brisbane GPO with Old St Stephen's Church at the rear, circa 1850
Sketch of the Convict Barracks, Brisbane, 1832
West elevation of Prisoners' Barracks, circa 1839
Moreton Bay
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Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia 14 kilometres from central Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay ar
Moreton Bay Penal Settlement
…1824 to 1842. It became the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement was established on the Redcliffe Peninsula on Moreton Bay in September 1824, under the instructions of John Oxley that a suitable location would be "easy of access, difficult to escape from, and hard to attack…
Moreton Bay and the Brisbane metropolitan area
Matthew Flinders sailed between Moreton Island and Bribie Island in 1799.
Moreton Bay Pile Light, c. 1912
Sailing on Moreton Bay in 1915