Exploration by Major Edmund Lockyer of the Brisbane River in 1825
Exploration by Major Edmund Lockyer of the Brisbane River in 1825. BY NICHOLAS LOCKYER, C.B.E., I.S.O. {Read before the Society on 28th April, 1919). Before dealing particularly with the Adsit of Major Lockyer, in 1825, I beg to submit the following introductory remarks on earlier visits, and also in regard to certain statements on the subject by preA'ious Avriters, which appear to me to demand correction. In December, 1823, when Oxley discovered the Brisbane River, he travelled as far as Termination Hill, 42 miles from the mouth. In August, 1824, Oxley paid his second visit to Moreton Bay and established the first settlement at Redcliffe. In the following month he ascended the riA^er, and reached a point about a mile beyond the Pumping Station, and about 14 miles further than that of his previous journey. Russell in his " Genesis of Queensland " mentions in regard to this occasion, that Oxley proceeded forty miles beyond the place he had reached in the prcA^ious December. There is no authority for that statement. The furthest point he reached on the river was 56 miles from the mouth. He arrived at Sydney on his return, on 21st October, 1824. On 9th November, 1824, less than three weeks from the date of his arrival in Sydney, Oxley made a third journey. On this occasion he accompanied the Governor, Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Chief Justice, and others in the brig Amity. The name of John Finnegan, one of the shipwrecked men whom Oxley discovered at Moreton Bay in 1823, is mentioned in the Sydney Gazette as having also accompanied this party.
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