In June 1829, a broken man wrote a letter to the Governor, Sir Ralph Darling. He hated to impose upon His Excellency’s time but hoped that his earlier connections with the Darling family, together with his earnest wish to work at any settlement in any capacity, however humble, would cause His Excellency to allow himContinue reading “The First Man of Letters.”
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The Plebian Tyranny.
Or, how Moreton Bay dealt with the Servant Problem in the early years. Tackling the subject of the 19th century “servant problem” conjures up ideas of exacting upper- and middle-class ladies bemoaning a few specks of dust left on the mantelpiece. In our first years of free settlement, a servant could be a shepherd, labourer,Continue reading “The Plebian Tyranny.”
”I do not know how to describe to you the beauty of this place.”
On this day – January 27, 1842. Word reaches Moreton Bay that it is to be thrown open for free settlement. On this day in 1842, the inhabitants of Moreton Bay found out that the area was to become a free settlement. The convict settlement had been gradually dismantled with this end in mind. OnlyContinue reading “”I do not know how to describe to you the beauty of this place.””
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