As reported by the Moreton Bay Courier With the exception of the murder of Robert Cox at Kangaroo Point in 1848, and the relatively distant frontier violence perpetrated by and on European settlers, life was fairly quiet in Moreton Bay in the 1840s. Still, there are columns to fill, and readers to shock, so theContinue reading “True Crime in 1840s Brisbane”
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If This Should Meet The Eye of …
Missing Friends Part 1. Imagine farewelling a family member who was setting off to another country to make a new life. Now, imagine doing this without social media, the internet generally or phones to keep in touch with that person. Letters (if your family could read and write) were your only hope of hearing fromContinue reading “If This Should Meet The Eye of …”
175 years ago, the Moreton Bay Courier was born
On Saturday 20 June 1846, the Moreton Bay Courier was published for the first time. Four years had passed since free settlers had been allowed in to the district, and some enterprising individuals decided that a local newspaper would be just the ticket for an outpost of New South Wales, some 500 miles from theContinue reading “175 years ago, the Moreton Bay Courier was born”
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