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Zionshill, New South Wales, Australia

Historical place· 1838 – 1848 city -27.401, 153.060

Now within Nundah, Queensland, Australia — map location from the modern place

Zion Hill, the German Lutheran mission to the Moreton Bay Aboriginal people, founded 1838 and disbanded 1848, on the site now the Brisbane suburb of Nundah. Moreton Bay was administered by New South Wales until the separation of Queensland in 1859, which is why the recorded name puts it in NSW while the modern place is in Queensland. Row name left as imported; the contemporary spelling is 'Zion Hill'.

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  1. Baptised 28 DEC 1838
  2. Baptised 9 JAN 1842

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Zion Hill Mission Section Lead Secondary

Zion Hill Mission · Wikipedia (en)

The Zion Hill Mission was a Christian mission founded in the area now known as Nundah, Queensland by German Lutheran missionaries.

Identifies the modern place. The mission ran 1838-1848; both events on this row are Zillmann baptisms of December 1838 and January 1842.

Zion Hill Mission Section Background Secondary

Zion Hill Mission · Wikipedia (en)

The proposed mission would therefore be the first free (non-convict) European settlement in the area, although this went unremarked upon at the time, as the area was still a part of the colony of New South Wales.

Explains why the recorded name says New South Wales while the modern place is in Queensland: Moreton Bay was administered by NSW until Queensland separated in 1859.