The Moreton Bay penal settlement was set up to punish repeat offenders. It was not a place of last resort – that unenviable title went to remote Norfolk Island – but it was intended to be a place that inspired enough dread in convicts to deter them from offending in the Colony, These prisoners hadContinue reading “Repeat Offenders”
The First Criminal in Australia (no, really)
The first ever court case in Australia was R -v- Barsby, on 11 February 1788, barely a fortnight after the Colony was founded. A convict named Samuel Barsby was charged with on 06 February personally abusing Benjamin Cook, Drum Major of the detachment, quarreling together “with high words passing between them”, and striking John West,Continue reading “The First Criminal in Australia (no, really)”
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
Moreton Bay and More 