Episode 2 of 2

Arrival at Moreton Bay

Name: Arrival at Moreton Bay
Start: 1824-09-14
Location: Moreton Bay

When: 14 September 1824
Where: Moreton Bay
Part of: John Oxley founds the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement at Redcliffe

Lieutenant Henry Miller led a group of 70 people, including 29 convicts, to Moreton Bay in September 1824.

Miller led soldiers, convicts, and families to the settlement. The group arrived on 14 September 1824, following Oxley's recommendation of Redcliffe as a suitable penal colony location.

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