Brisbane barrister Thomas Bradley, who stumbled upon the letter in a catalogue of rare coins, stamps and postmarks, quickly snapped it up at auction in London for £ ...

Captain Patrick Logan was a tyrant who made Moreton Bay penal colony hell on Earth, but he was also a great explorer and brilliant administrator. Recognised as a man who gave fine public service, ...

Unlike Norfolk Island, its infamous counterpart, Moreton Bay received colonially convicted women as well as men. Harrison’s aim is to establish who were the women at Moreton Bay, the conditions they ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. To the east of Brisbane lies Moreton Bay which Captain James Cook, when sailing up the coast in 1770, named after James Douglas, the Earl ...

This “original Pommy” saw the young colony go from a population of 2000 to a thriving capital boasting 310,000 people at the time of his death. Moreton Bay penal settlement had closed just seven years ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Moreton Island (including Russell Island, Macleay Island, Lamb Island and Karragarra Island) Popular day tripper destination to the east ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Today is Proclamation Day; the anniversary of the proclamation of the new Colony of Queensland on December 10, 1859, from the first ...

A POIGNANT and historically precious letter believed to be the first ever posted from the Moreton Bay colony to England has been found by accident and returned to Queensland. Brisbane barrister Thomas ...