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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

John Oxley Memorial

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John Oxley Memorial


Some pictures from our ride to Redcliffe this morning.


John Oxley Memorial

“On the morning of

July 17th 1799

Lt MATTHEW FLINDERS

landed near this spot

from the

Sloop Norfolk

and called it

Red Cliff Point

He was the first white man

to land

on this peninsula”




 


John Oxley Memorial

“Lt JOHN OXLEY

Surveyor General of

NEW SOUTH WALES

Landed here from

HM Cutter Mermaid

December 2nd 1823


The Brig Amity

under his direction

brought hither the first

Moreton Bay Settlement

under Lt Henry Miller

Commandant

September 12th 1824″



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