24th July 1828 – Estabishing a Route to the Darling Downs

On this day, 24th July 1828, Allan Cunningham and Patrick Logan,commandant of the Moreton Bay penal colony, set out from Morton Bay (Brisbane) to establish a route to the Darling Downs. 1

  1. Source: Ida Lee’s Early Explorers in Australia Chapter 18[↩]