Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney John Cotton was a British Army officer. He was the commandment of the Moreton Bay penal colony in Australia.
Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London.
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
Plan of the Soldiers Barracks, bounded by Queen, George and William Streets
Sketch of the Convict Barracks, Brisbane, 1832