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*However the lack of a reliable water supply, attacks by Aboriginal people, large mosquito numbers, and insufficient facilities for safe anchorage meant that the settlement needed to be moved after eight months. | *However the lack of a reliable water supply, attacks by Aboriginal people, large mosquito numbers, and insufficient facilities for safe anchorage meant that the settlement needed to be moved after eight months. | ||
*The settlement '''relocated to the banks of the Brisbane River at North Quay''', 28 kilometres (17.4 mi) south. | *The settlement '''relocated to the banks of the Brisbane River at North Quay''', 28 kilometres (17.4 mi) south. | ||
*Redcliffe was then abandoned, with just a small number of dwellings remaining. Local Aboriginal people called these empty buildings "oompie bongs", anglicised to mean, in reverse, 'dead house', and the name was given to the entire Redcliffe peninsula.<ref>"Redcliffe Peninsula", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcliffe_Peninsula#History, accessed 28 March 2022. | *Redcliffe was then abandoned, with just a small number of dwellings remaining. Local Aboriginal people called these empty buildings "oompie bongs", anglicised to mean, in reverse, 'dead house', and the name was given to the entire Redcliffe peninsula.<ref>"Redcliffe Peninsula", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcliffe_Peninsula#History, accessed 28 March 2022.</ref> | ||
===Brisbane Penal Colony=== | ===Brisbane Penal Colony=== | ||
*In 1825, the Redcliffe colony was moved south to a peninsula on the Brisbane River, site of the present central business district, called "Meen-jin" by its Turrbal inhabitants. | *In 1825, the Redcliffe colony was moved south to a peninsula on the Brisbane River, site of the present central business district, called "Meen-jin" by its Turrbal inhabitants. | ||