Dissecting and Anatomising Moreton Bay Convicts
Article by Christopher Dawson, MPHA (Qld) ‘The sentence of the Court was that they should be taken to the place from whence they came, a...
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Convict Cells and Gaol Room, Moreton Bay (1828)
What was the first gaol in Brisbane or Queensland? Well, officially it was Brisbane's Queen Street gaol that opened in early 1850, but ...
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