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... MORETON BAY SETTLED As a result of surveyor - general Oxley's favourable report on the Brisbane River in 1823 , and also because the Port Macquarie penal settlement was no longer effectively isolated ... Moreton Bay settled: September 1824.
... MORETON BAY SETTLED As a result of surveyor - general Oxley's favourable report on the Brisbane River in 1823 , and also because the Port Macquarie penal settlement was no longer effectively isolated ... Moreton Bay settled: September 1824.
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... Moreton Bay , a remarkably excavated part of the main range was discovered , which appeared likely to prove a very practicable pass through these mountains from the eastward . Its more particular examination , however , I left to the ...
... Moreton Bay , a remarkably excavated part of the main range was discovered , which appeared likely to prove a very practicable pass through these mountains from the eastward . Its more particular examination , however , I left to the ...
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... MORETON BAY PENAL SETTLEMENT CLOSED For several years the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London had wanted to close the penal establishment at Moreton Bay and either put the ... Moreton Bay penal settlement closed: July 1839.
... MORETON BAY PENAL SETTLEMENT CLOSED For several years the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London had wanted to close the penal establishment at Moreton Bay and either put the ... Moreton Bay penal settlement closed: July 1839.
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