ON THIS DAY in 1863: Don Juan reaches Brisbane

According to Cannibal Cargos - by Hector Holthouse: "The Don Juan reached Brisbane with her first shipment of sixty-seven kanakas on the 17th of August 1863, the next day they were taken to Towns' Plantation, Townsvale on the Logan River. Sleeping huts and a large mess hall were built there, and the men soon settled in."