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BRISBANE !!! ANCIENT POWER LAND OF THE NORTH! LOVE POWER DIMPLE SLIP! !!!!Oxley discovered, named, and explored the Brisbane River as far as Goodna, 20 kilometres (12 mi) upstream from the Brisbane central business district.[10] Oxley recommended Red Cliff Point for the new colony, reporting that ships could land at any tide and easily get close to the shore.[11] The party settled in Redcliffe on 13 September 1824, under the command of Lieutenant Henry Miller with 14 soldiers (some with wives and children) and 29 convicts. However, this settlement was abandoned after a year and the colony was moved to a site on the Brisbane River now known as North Quay, 28 kilometres (17 mi) south, which offered a more reliable water supply. Chief Justice Forbes gave the new settlement the name of Edenglassie before it was named Brisbane.[12] Non-convict European settlement of the Brisbane region commenced in 1838.[13] German missionaries settled at Zions Hill, Nundah as early as 1837, five years before Brisbane was official