Significant Queensland Events to 1824
Events depicted here are meant only to capture a time relationship of general Queensland history with surveying and mapping events of the same time period portrayed on this site.
1606
Willem Jansz was the first European to sight the present Queensland in the Duyfken. He sailed down the west coast of Cape York Peninsula to Cape Keerweer.
May 1770
Cook's first landing since Botany Bay was at Bustard Bay near Bundaberg.
22nd August 1770
Cook claimed possession of the east coast of New South Wales under the name of King George III
1824
John Oxley, after previously exploring the Brisbane River, was sent from Sydney to Moreton Bay to establish a penal colony at Humpybong on the Redcliffe Peninsula.
The routes of John Oxley and Matthew Flinders in the vicinity of Moreton Bay
Last updated: 26 November 2007