The Corn Field Raids of 1827-1828 was a frontier conflict in the early

Moreton Bay Penal Settlement The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement operated from 1825 to 1842. It became the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement was established on the Redcliffe Peninsula on Moreton Bay in 1824, under the instruct ...

. The conflict consisted of

Turrbal The Turrbal are an Aboriginal Australian people from the region of present-day Brisbane, Queensland. The name primarily referred to the dialect they spoke, the tribe itself being alternatively called ''Mianjin/Meanjin''. Mianjin was the Turrbal ...

attempts to starve out the colony by repeated plundering and destruction of the maize fields in

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and Kangaroo Point.

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{{reflist Australian frontier wars Wars involving the United Kingdom Conflicts in 1827 Conflicts in 1828 History of Brisbane