Green: Territory of Papua
Territory of Papua (annexed by Queensland
Queensland in 1883) Dark grey: Other British possessionsGovernment Self-governing colonyMonarch • 1859–1901 VictoriaGovernor • 1859–1868 George Bowen
George Bowen first • 1896–1901 Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington lastLegislature Parliament of QueenslandHistory • Independence from the New South Wales colony 6 June 1859 • Federation of Australia 1 January 1901Today part of Australia Papua New GuineaThe Colony of Queensland
Queensland was a colony of the British Empire
British Empire from 1859 to 1901, when it became a State in the federal Commonwealth of Australia
Australia on 1 January 1901
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Crown colony, dependent territory and royal colony are terms used to describe the administration of United Kingdom
United Kingdom overseas territories that are controlled by the UK government. As such they are examples of dependencies that are under direct colonial rule. Since 2002, crown colonies have been known officially as British Overseas Territories.[1] In such territories, residents do not elect members of the British parliament. A crown colony is usually administered by a governor who directly controls the executive and is appointed by "the Crown" – a term that in practice usually means the UK government, acting on behalf of the monarch
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The Artemisia [nb 1] was the first immigrant ship to arrive in Moreton Bay bringing the first assisted free settlers from England. She was a barquentine of 492 tons (558 tonnes) built at Sunderland in 1847 and owned by A. Ridley
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Brisbane
Brisbane (/ˈbrɪzbən/ ( listen))[8] is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland,[9] and the third most populous city in Australia
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Brisbane (/ˈbrɪzbən/ ( listen))[8] is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland,[9] and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of 2.4 million,[1] and the South East Queensland region, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.5 million.[10] The Brisbane central business district stands on the original European settlement and is situated inside a bend of the Brisbane River, about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from its mouth at Moreton Bay.[11] The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range, sprawling across several of Australia's most populous local government areas (LGAs), most centrally the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation
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A portmanteau (/pɔːrtˈmæntoʊ/ ( listen), /ˌpɔːrtmænˈtoʊ/[a][b]) or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words,[1] in which parts of multiple words or their phones (sounds) are combined into a new word,[1][2][3] as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog,[2][4] or motel, from motor and hotel.[5] In linguistics, a portmanteau is defined as a single morph that represents two or more morphemes.[6][7][8][9] The definition overlaps with the grammatical term contraction, but contractions are formed from words that would otherwise appear together in sequence, such as do and not to make don't, whereas a portmanteau word is formed by combining two or more existing words that all relate to a singular concept. A portmanteau also differs from a compound, which does not involve the truncation of parts of the stems of the blended words
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (/ˈɛdɪnb(ə)rə/ ( listen);[6][7][8] Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [ˈt̪uːn ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]; Scots: Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland
Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. It is located in Lothian
Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore. Recognised as the capital of Scotland
Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Monarchy in Scotland. Historically part of the county of Midlothian, the city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, the sciences and engineering
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Glasgow
Glasgow (/ˈɡlɑːzɡoʊ, ˈɡlɑːs-, ˈɡlæz-, ˈɡlæs-/;[6][7] Scots: Glesga /ˈɡlezɡə/; Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu [ˈkl̪ˠas̪əxu]) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom. Historically part of Lanarkshire, the city now forms the Glasgow
Glasgow City council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland; the local authority is Glasgow
Glasgow City Council. Glasgow
Glasgow is situated on the River Clyde
River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. Inhabitants of the city are referred to as "Glaswegians" or "Weegies". It is the fourth most visited city in the UK. Glasgow
Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde
River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Britain
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Edmund Lockyer, (21 January 1784 – 10 June 1860) was a British soldier and explorer of Australia. Born in Plymouth, Devon, Lockyer was son of Thomas Lockyer, a sailmaker, and his wife Ann, née Grose. Lockyer began his army career as an ensign in the 19th Regiment in June 1803, was promoted lieutenant in early 1805 and made captain in August 1805. Lockyer was promoted to major in August 1819 and in August 1824 transferred to the 57th Regiment. Lockyer arrived at Sydney, capital of the British Colony of New South Wales, aboard the Royal Charlotte in April 1825 with men from the 57th; also with him were his wife and ten children.[3] In August 1825, Lockyer was asked to lead an expedition to explore the upper reaches of the Brisbane
Brisbane River, which had only recently been settled by Europeans
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Penal transportation
Penal transportation or transportation refers to the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony for a specified term; later, specifically established penal colonies became their destination. While the prisoners may have been released once the sentence was served, they generally did not have the resources to get themselves back home. England transported its convicts, political prisoners as well as prisoners of war from Scotland
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Scotland and Ireland
Ireland to its overseas colonies in the Americas from the 1610s until early in the American Revolution
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American Revolution in 1776, when transportation to America was temporarily suspended by the Criminal Law Act 1776 (16 Geo. 3 c.43).[1] The practice was mandated in Scotland
Scotland by an act of 1785, but was less used there than in England
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A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison".[1] Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con",[2] while a common label for former convicts, especially those recently released from prison, is "ex-con" ("ex-convict"). Persons convicted and sentenced to non-custodial sentences tend not to be described as "convicts". The legal[citation needed] label of "ex-convict" usually has lifelong implications, such as social stigma and/or reduced opportunities for employment
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Andrew Petrie
Andrew Petrie (1798 - 20 February 1872) was a pioneer, architect and builder in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Contents1 Early life 2 Career in New South Wales 3 Career in Queensland 4 Later life 5 See also 6 ReferencesEarly life[edit] Andrew Petrie
Andrew Petrie was born in Fife, Scotland. He trained as a builder in Edinburgh. He married Mary Cuthbertson in 1821. Career in New South Wales[edit] John Dunmore Lang
John Dunmore Lang brought him, his wife and four sons to Sydney in 1831 with other Scottish mechanics to form the nucleus of a force of free workers
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Maryborough /ˈmɛrəbərə/[3] is a city and a suburb in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[4][5] It is located on the Mary River in Queensland, Australia, approximately 255 kilometres (160 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city is served by the Bruce Highway. It is closely tied to its neighbour city Hervey Bay which is approximately 30 kilometres (20 mi) northeast. Together they form part of the area known as the Fraser Coast
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Cape Moreton Light, also listed as North Point Range Rear Light,[2] is an heritage-listed active lighthouse located on Cape Moreton, a rocky headland located at the north eastern tip of Moreton Island, a large sand island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay, on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. It marks the northern entrance to Moreton Bay and Brisbane and also serves as the rear light for the North Point Range. With its two distinctive red bands, it also serves as a daymark.[3] It is the oldest lighthouse in Queensland, and the only one to be built by the New South Wales Government before the separation of Queensland, which took place in 1859.[3][4] It is also the only lighthouse in Queensland to be built of stone.[5] The lighthouse was established following an increase in traffic through the northern entrance to Moreton Bay in the 1840s.[5] It was designed by Edmund Blacket in 1854[6] and established in 1857
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The Brisbane
Brisbane River
River (indigenous name Maiwar) is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Governor of New South Wales, Thomas Brisbane
Thomas Brisbane in 1823. The penal colony of Moreton Bay later adopted the same name, eventually becoming the present city of Brisbane. Early travellers along the waterway admired the natural beauty, abundant fish and rich vegetation along its banks. From 1862 the Brisbane
Brisbane River
River has been dredged for navigation purposes. The river served as an important carriageway between Brisbane
Brisbane and Ipswich before a railway linking the towns was built in 1875
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Cape Moreton
Cape Moreton is a rocky headland at the north eastern tip of Moreton Island in South East Queensland, Australia. The surrounding area is part of the Moreton Island
Moreton Island National Park. Flinders Reef is 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Cape Moreton. The outcrop is mostly composed of sandstone, but also some conglomerate, siltstone and shale.[1] The whole of Moreton Island
Moreton Island was formed by sand caught on and built up behind these rocks.Contents1 History 2 Lighthouse 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory[edit]Moreton BayOn the 17 May 1770, James Cook
James Cook sighted and named the point Cape Morton
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