SEQHistory

South East Queensland within a radius of 115 kilometres of Brisbane, attracted a number of Australia's most excellent explorers. The shoreline was first charted by Captain James Cook, and surveyed in detail by Matthew Flinders in 1799. Oxley, Cunningham, Lockyer, and Logan continued the exploration of the region, and by 1830 the district had been mapped and its explorers had departed. Later, Tom Petrie lived and interacted with the local natives of Brisbane.