Queen of the Artemisia – Moreton Bay and More

Wrapping up the “A” Stories of Old Brisbane.

The Amity. The Amity arrived at what is now Redcliffe in September 1824 with supplies, soldiers and convicts. Not something to celebrate for the local indigenous people, but it was the starting point for the Moreton Bay European era. The Artemisia, which gave us our Queen. The Artemisia was the first immigrant ship to arriveContinue reading “Wrapping up the “A” Stories of Old Brisbane.”

The Queen of the Artemisia

1848 was a year of unrest and revolution in Europe. The world seemed to be in uproar. And uproar would find its way to Brisbane Town that year, not in the form of an uprising, but in the form of the Queen of the Artemisia. Before Dr Lang rounded up industrious protestants to populate “Cooksland,”Continue reading “The Queen of the Artemisia”