1838 to 1840. The numbers of recorded Aborigines in Brisbane Water District seemed to slowly increase. The numbers were:
1838 34 men, 12 women, 6 boys, 3 girls: totalling 55
1839 35 men, 12 women, 7 boys, 3 girls: totalling 57
1840 35 men, 12 women, 9 boys, 4 girls: totalling 60 (Blair, 2003, 45)