When was Ferny Grove first discovered?

Answer 1

Ferny Grove, a suburb of Brisbane, was not specifically discovered in its own right. It occurred as a result of settlement spreading out from Brisbane. The site of Brisbane itself was discovered when, on 14 June 1823, ticket-of-leave convicts Pamphlett and Finnegan came across a "large river": they were the first white men to sight this river. John Oxley, meanwhile, was surveying the area as the site for a possible penal settlement. The men showed Oxley the large river, which he later named the Brisbane River, after Governor Brisbane. The colony of the Moreton Bay District was founded in 1824 when explorer John Oxley arrived at Redcliffe with a crew and 29 convicts. The settlement was established at Humpybong, but abandoned less than a year later when the main settlement was moved 30km away, to the Brisbane River. Another convict settlement was established under the command of Captain Patrick Logan. On 10 September 1825, the settlement was given the name of Brisbane, but it was still part of the New South Wales territory. The area was opened up for free settlement in 1838. Ferny Grove, on the banks of Kedron Brook, was initially farming land, and therefore was not "discovered", but merely settled as a natural course, as people moved outwards from Brisbane.