Sat, 07 Sept
|Redcliffe
Moreton Bay Bicentennial Commemoration Conference
A conference to commemorate a small detachment of soldiers, with their wives and children, together with 30 convicts and a surgeon-storekeeper landed at Red Cliff. This convict settlement became the foundation of the State of Queensland.
Time & Location
07 Sept 2024, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Redcliffe, 99 Marine Parade, Redcliffe QLD 4020, Australia
About the event
Wunya Ngulum: Welcome Everyone
On 7th September 2024 a conference titled "Wunya Ngulum" (Welcome Everyone) will commemorate the Bicentenary of the Moreton Bay Settlement at Redcliffe. A joint committee comprising the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, History Redcliffe and the Bribie Island Historical Society will be hosting the conference to be held at the Mon Komo Hotel at Redcliffe. Some twelve papers will be presented orally at the conference and a book will be published with some 24 chapters relating to the foundation of the Settlement.
The Conference ticket price is $65 and includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
To reserve your spot, please follow this link: https://wunyangulum.eventbrite.com.au
If you are a member of BIHS, please also register using the RSVP button below so that we know who's coming, and so you get updates and reminders by email.
The Bicentenary is a time to reflect on the facts of history; and to view and interpret them through the lens of twenty-first century analysis. All Australians, those who descend from our First Peoples and those who do not, acknowledge the clash of two proud cultures - each ignorant of the history and heritage of the other - but, as Australians today share the common history of both.