thomas brisbane from ogh_wiki.jpg \BSir Thomas Brisbane was Governor of NSW from 1821 to 1826 and it was during this period that Moreton Bay was first opened as a penal colony.\b \ICredit: Old Government House, Parramatta, NSW -- www.oldgovernmenthouse.com.au.\i \ShPreface Information for this title comes from \IOriginal Source Documents\i digitised from the \B\IHistorical Records of Australia.\b\i It includes relevant papers and letters concerning Queensland history covering dates up to 1826. In all cases, the original spelling and grammar are left as is to preserve the authenticity of the information. \IWarning: This title may contain names and images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased.\i \IPlease select the first link below to go to the start of the title. Alternatively, select any Chapter link to go to that Chapter.\i 2009-01-22T02:00:12+11:00 false 164 14 2009-01-28T23:06:07+11:00 flinders.jpg \BCaptain Matthew Flinders, aged 27.\b \ShPreface This title describes the first voyage of Flinders from Port Jackson to explore the north coast of Australia, now Queensland. Chapter 1 covers the description of this voyage from leaving Sydney on 8 July, 1799, and returning on 20 August, 1799, as related by Ernest Scott, Professor of History University of Melbourne, published in 1914. Chapter 2 is taken from the \B\IA Voyage to Terra Australis undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 AND 1803\b\i, by Matthew Flinders and published in 1814. As Chapter 2 is an \IOriginal Source Document\i written by Flinders himself, no changes have been made to the spelling or grammar of this document to preserve its authenticity. \IWarning: This title may contain names and images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. \IPlease select the first link below to go to the start of the title. Alternatively, select any Chapter link to go to that Chapter.\i 2009-01-22T02:35:22+11:00 false 169 14 2009-01-28T23:05:44+11:00 flinders 1808.jpg \BMatthew Flinders in 1808 at Ile-de-France.\b \ShPreface This title describes additional voyages of Matthew Flinders associated with the exploration of Queensland. Chapter 1 covers the description of the July, 1802, voyage to the north coast of Australia and around the Gulf of Carpentaria. Due to problems with their ship – the \Investigator\i – Flinders ends up circumnavigating Australia and not returning to Sydney until 9 June, 1803. Chapter 2 describes the voyage north in which Flinders was sailing to England starting on 10 August, 1803, but unfortunately the ship was wrecked on a reef. Escaping, with some difficulty, he returned back to Sydney, arriving on 8 September, 1803. Chapter 3 sees Flinders again leaving Sydney on 21 September, 1803, to head north and rescue those left behind in the wreck described in Chapter 2. He then intends continuing onto England, which unfortunately doesn’t quickly happen as he becomes a prisoner of the French at Mauritius for nearly seven years. The information contained in this title comes from the \B\IThe Life of Captain Matthew Flinders R.N. by Ernest Scott\b\i, Professor of History University of Melbourne, published in 1914. Much \IOriginal Source Document\i content comes from Flinders’ journals. In all cases, the original spelling and grammar are left as is to preserve the authenticity of this information. \IWarning: This title may contain names and images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. \IPlease select the first link below to go to the start of the title. Alternatively, select any Chapter link to go to that Chapter.\i 2009-01-22T02:36:20+11:00 false 170 14 2009-01-28T23:05:52+11:00 oxley.jpg \BJohn Oxley.\b \ShPreface Matthew Flinders surveyed the north east coast of Australia in 1799 and since that date no further exploration had taken place. In 1823, the Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane instructed the Surveyor-General John Oxley to sail north to report on potential locations for the site of a new penal development. Oxley left Sydney in October 1823 instructed to examine and report on the suitability of Port Curtis, Moreton Bay, and Port Bowen, as sites for convict settlements. He arrived at Port Curtis on 5 November and after carefully examining it reported against it. He then turned to the south, entered Moreton Bay on 29 November, and three days later discovered the Brisbane River. He was helped in doing this by two white men who had been wrecked on the coast some months before and were kindly treated by the aborigines. Oxley went some 50 miles up the river, and was much impressed by the country which included the site of Brisbane. As a result of his recommendations a settlement was begun there shortly afterwards. The information from this title comes from \B\IEarly Explorers in Australia\b\i including the Log-Books and Journals by Ida Lee, first published in 1925. In all cases, the original spelling and grammar of the \IOriginal Source Document\i details from explorer journals are left as is to preserve the authenticity of the information. Chapter 1 discusses Oxley’s October 1823 voyage and Chapter 2 covers Oxley’s return voyage in September, 1824. \IWarning: This title may contain names and images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. \IPlease select the first link below to go to the start of the title. Alternatively, select any Chapter link to go to that Chapter.\i 2009-01-22T02:39:25+11:00 false 172 14 2009-01-28T23:28:17+11:00 allan cunningham.jpg \BAllan Cunningham.\b \ShPreface This titles outlines the three main northern exploration trips that Allan Cunningham undertook in 1827 to 1829. Chapter 1 describes the initial 1827 excursion. Between April and August 1827, starting from Segenhoe on the Upper Hunter, he skirted the Liverpool Plains, crossed the Peel and Dumaresq rivers, and discovered the Darling Downs. In Chapter 2, in 1828, he showed that the country he had discovered could be reached from the site of Brisbane. Chapter 3 discusses Cunningham’s 1829 expedition in which he returned to Queensland undertaking more explorations as well as some botanical research. Much of the information in this title has come from \IOriginal Source Documents\i courtesy of \B\IAustralian Discovery\b\i, edited by, Ernest Scott, Professor of History, in the University of Melbourne. This was published in 1929. In all cases, the original spelling and grammar are left as is to preserve the authenticity of this information. \IWarning: This title may contain names and images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. \IPlease select the first link below to go to the start of the title. Alternatively, select any Chapter link to go to that Chapter.\i 2009-01-22T02:42:01+11:00 false 173 14 2009-08-11T18:37:49+10:00 qld 1859.jpg \BPage 1 of Letters Patent erecting Colony of Queensland on June 6, 1859.\b \ICredit: National Archives of Australia.\i \ShPreface This title is an overview of Queensland History briefly covering the years from 1824 to 1859, the latter date being the proclamation of the colony of Queensland, with Sir George Bowen as the first Governor. It discusses the part Queensland played in the Papua area, and also looks at the Introduction of the Kanakas into Queensland canefields. The information contained in this title comes from the book titled \B\IA Short History of Australia\b\i, written by Ernest Scott, Professor of History in the University of Melbourne. \IWarning: This title may contain names and images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. \IPlease select the first link below to go to the start of the title. Alternatively, select any Chapter link to go to that Chapter.\i 2009-01-26T19:28:51+11:00 false 178 14 2009-01-28T23:28:26+11:00 lockyer.jpg \BEdmund Lockyer.\b Major Edmund Lockyer, late of the 57th Regiment of Foot, was despatched from Sydney in 1825 to explore the Brisbane River. The \IOriginal Source Documents\i describing this expedition included here come directly from Lockyer’s journal. In all cases, the original spelling and grammar are left as is to preserve the authenticity of the information. The information was taken from \B\IAustralian Discovery\b\i, edited by Ernest Scott, Professor of History in the University of Melbourne. Lockyer’s journal was lent to Professor Scott by Lockyer’s son, Sir Nicholas Lockyer. \IWarning: This title may contain names and images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. \IPlease select the link below to go to the start of the title. \i 2009-01-28T03:17:10+11:00 false 184 14 2009-01-28T23:28:09+11:00 leichhardt-map.jpg \BMap of Leichhardt’s expedition.\b \ShPreface Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt, a Prussian scientist, is remembered for his long journey in 1844-45 from the Darling Downs to Port Essington, an early settlement in the far north of the Northern Territory. He proceeded up the Burdekin Valley, crossed the Dividing Range, and discovered the Lynd and Mitchell Rivers. After following the Mitchell, Leichhardt skirted the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The exhausted party lost much valuable equipment at the Roper River and finally arrived at Port Essington, in December, 1845. He made the return journey by sea. The information contained in this title comes from two sources: *Ludwig Leichhardt’s \B\IJournal of an Overland Expedition in Australia\b\i, published in London in 1847. *\B\IHistory of the Colony of Queensland Volume I\b\i, by William Coote, published in 1882. With these \IOriginal Source Documents\i, the original spelling and grammar are left as is to preserve the authenticity of the information. \IWarning: This title may contain names and images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. \IPlease select the first link below to go to the start of the title. Alternatively, select any Chapter link to go to that Chapter.\i 2009-01-28T23:23:01+11:00 false 188 14 2009-01-28T23:28:01+11:00