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*[https://crimeandpunishment.library.wales/sf_s.php Library of Wales, Crime and Punishment database] | *[https://crimeandpunishment.library.wales/sf_s.php Library of Wales, Crime and Punishment database] | ||
*[http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1834] The punishment of transportation for a crime tried in London by the Old Bailey Court resulted in exile to Australia. The site can be search by several categories, including by name for the punishment resulting in transportation. | *[http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1834] The punishment of transportation for a crime tried in London by the Old Bailey Court resulted in exile to Australia. The site can be search by several categories, including by name for the punishment resulting in transportation. | ||
==Historical Background== | |||
In 1823, John Oxley, a British explorer, sailed north from what is now Sydney to scout possible penal colony sites in '''Gladstone (then Port Curtis)''' and '''Moreton Bay.''' At Moreton Bay, he found the Brisbane River. He returned in 1824 and established a penal settlement at what is now '''Redcliffe'''. The settlement, '''initially known as Edenglassie''', was then transferred to the current location of the '''Brisbane city centre'''. In 1839, transportation of convicts was ceased, culminating in the closure of the Brisbane penal settlement. <ref>"Queensland", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland#European_colonisation, accessed 28 March 2022.</ref> | |||
{{Place|Australia}} | {{Place|Australia}} | ||
[[Category:Queensland, Australia]] | [[Category:Queensland, Australia]] | ||