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:''Not to be confused with the Desperate Housewives character, Patrick Logan (Desperate Housewives)''. Captain Patrick Logan (1791 – October 1830) was the commandant of the Moreton Bay penal colony from 1826 until his death in 1830. He is thought to have been killed by Aboriginal Australians who objected to him entering their lands. As he had been hated by convicts, there were rumours that escaped convicts living in the bush had attacked him,〔(The Courier Mail Extras ).〕 but there is no evidence of this. Born in East Renton, Berwickshire, Scotland, he was the youngest son of a Scottish landowner and farmer, Abraham Logan and Janet Johnstown. He was baptised at Coldingham, Berwickshire on 15 November 1791. Logan had a distinguished military career. He was known as a strict Commandant of the penal colony to the point of cruelty. Logan made significant explorations of what was to become known as South East Queensland. He discovered the area which became Ipswich, Queensland and some consider him to be the Founder of Queensland.〔 ==Military career== In 1810 he joined the 57th Foot Regiment and served in the Peninsular War. He took part in the battles of Salamanca with the retreat from Salamanca; Vittoria; Nivelle and Toulouse. Logan's regiment was sent to Canada in 1814 where he stayed for a year before being joining Wellington's Army of Occupation in Paris.〔 He left the army during peace time and returned to Ireland to take up farming. Discovering that life as a farmer was not for him, he rejoined the 57th Foot Regiment in 1819.〔 In 1823 he married Letitia O'Beirne〔 and they had two children Robert Abraham Logan (1824 – ?) and Letitia Bingham Logan (1826 – ?). His regiment was ordered to New South Wales, leaving Cork on 5 January 1825.〔 Logan arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, with his regiment on 22 April 1825〔 aboard the ''Hooghly''. Most of his time in Sydney was spent guarding convicts. In November, Governor Thomas Brisbane appointed Logan as Commandant of the convict settlement at Moreton Bay.〔 It was March 1826 by the time he reached the settlement, aboard the ''Amity''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick Logan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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