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The new Moreton Bay Research Station and Study Centre (MBRS) was opened on 23 June 2000, [7] by the Honourable Peter Beattie, MLA, with funding provided by the University of Queensland, the Port of Brisbane Corporation, the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron and Consolidated Rutile Limited (now Sibelco Australia).
Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from central Brisbane, Queensland. [2] It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. [ 3 ] The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are used by commercial operators who provide seafood to market.
James Warner (1814–1891) was a pioneer surveyor in Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] Arriving at Moreton Bay penal colony in 1838, he was one of three surveyors who surveyed the area now Brisbane and its surrounding areas. [3]
UniSC Clinical Trials operate in the Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay and Brisbane regions, working with the medical industry to trial new treatments and therapies. [53] Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems [54] Centre for Bioinnovation [55] Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research [56] Indigenous and Transcultural Research ...
Moreton Bay is a locality split between the City of Brisbane and the City of Redland, both in Queensland, Australia.The locality includes all of the bay Moreton Bay (water and islands) between the mainland of the City of Brisbane and the City of Redland across to the western coast of Moreton Island and the western coast of North Stradbroke Island (including some islands but excluding others).
With an estimated operating budget of A$391 million and a 2018 population of 459,585, [3] Moreton Bay is the third most populous local government area in Australia behind the City of Brisbane and City of Gold Coast, [3] both of which are also amalgamated entities. In the 2021 census, the City of Moreton Bay had a population of 476,340 people. [1]
In 1848–9, she was the first of three ships chartered by the Rev Dr John Dunmore Lang to bring free immigrants to Brisbane, Australia, arriving on 21 January 1849. [4] Captained by John Christmas, with the medical superintendent Henry Challinor, she departed Gravesend on 14 September 1848 and arrived at Moreton Bay on 21 January 1849. [5] [6 ...
The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement was established on the Redcliffe Peninsula on Moreton Bay in September 1824, under the instructions of John Oxley that a suitable location would be "easy of access, difficult to escape from, and hard to attack; furthermore, it should be near fresh water and contain three hundred acres for cultivation". The group ...