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Skew Street, North Quay: First Brisbane Burial Ground, established in 1825 [15] Commissariat Store, built by convicts in 1828 [16] Early Streets of Brisbane, laid out from 1825 during the penal settlement [1] Archaeological investigations at 40 Queen Street (Brisbane Square) also found remains dating to the penal period. The remnants of the ...
The name Brisbane is named to honour Sir Thomas Brisbane (1773–1860) who was Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. [1] [2] When it was given its name and declared as a town in 1834, to replace its penal colony status, [3] Brisbane was still part of the Colony of New South Wales.
The First Brisbane Burial Ground is a heritage-listed archaeological site at Skew Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Skew Street Cemetery. It was established in 1825 as part of the Moreton Bay penal settlement. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 16 July 2010. [1]
It was in use until 1843 when the North Brisbane Burial Ground opened. [2] The North Brisbane burial ground was in use from 1843 to 1875, during which time up to 10,000 people may have been buried there. [3] After 1875, the burial ground was closed and new burials were to take place in the newly established Toowong Cemetery.
The Early Streets of Brisbane is a heritage-listed archaeological site at sections of Albert Street, George Street, William Street, North Quay, and Queen's Wharf Road in Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1825 onwards.
1975 David Malouf's novel Johnno portrays growing up in Brisbane. 1976 Two dead in Spring Hill shooting. 1979 Demolition of the Bellevue Hotel. 1980 First State of Origin rugby league game played at Lang Park. 1982 Commonwealth Games. 1983 Labor powerbrokers meet Bill Hayden in Brisbane and force his resignation as federal opposition leader.
3 December – Van Diemen's Land becomes fully independent from New South Wales. The Legislative Council of Tasmania is established and George Arthur , former Lieutenant-Governor, is promoted as its first Governor.
They led Oxley to a large river, later named the Brisbane River. Consequently, a new colony at Moreton Bay was established in 1824. Ironically, Pamphlett, an ex-convict, committed another crime and was sentenced to seven years at the new settlement. It eventually became Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Without Pamphlett and his ...