Captain Patrick Logan was the commandant of the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement from 1826 until his death in 1830 at the hands of Aboriginal Australians. As he had been hated by convicts, there were rumours that escaped convicts living in the bush had attacked him, but there is no evidence of this.
Monument to Patrick Logan at the Mount Lindesay Highway.
Moreton Bay Penal Settlement
The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement operated from 1825 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
Plan of the Soldiers Barracks, bounded by Queen, George and William Streets
Sketch of the Convict Barracks, Brisbane, 1832