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===18th and 19th centuries===
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In 1770, British navigator [[James Cook]] sailed through South Passage between the main offshore islands leading to the bay, which he named after [[James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton]], misspelled as "Moreton
[[Matthew Flinders]] initially explored the Moreton Bay area on behalf of the British authorities. On 17 July 1799, Flinders landed at present-day [[Woody Point, Queensland|Woody Point]], which he named "Red Cliff Point" after the red-coloured cliffs visible from the bay.<ref>{{cite news | title = Redcliffe | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | date = 8 February 2004 | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/02/17/1108500203689.html | access-date = 17 May 2008 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080523185157/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/02/17/1108500203689.html | archive-date = 23 May 2008}}</ref>
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