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brisbane
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 1831
Land area (2000): 3.319451 sq. miles (8.597339 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 17.209728 sq. miles (44.572990 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 20.529179 sq. miles (53.170329 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08310
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 37.684932 N, 122.398951 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 94005
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Brisbane
Wikipedia
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of 2.3 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.4 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the original European settlement and is situated inside a bend of the Brisbane River, about from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range, sprawling across several of Australia's most populous local government areas (LGAs), most centrally the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation. The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite.
One of the oldest cities in Australia, Brisbane was founded upon the ancient homelands of the indigenous Turrbal and Jagera peoples. Named after the Brisbane River on which it is located – which in turn was named after Scotsman Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825 – the area was chosen as a place for secondary offenders from the Sydney Colony. A penal settlement was founded in 1824 at Redcliffe, north of the central business district, but was soon abandoned and moved to North Quay in 1825, opening to free settlement in 1842. The city was marred by the Australian frontier wars between 1843 and 1855, and development was partly set back by the Great Fire of Brisbane, and the Great Brisbane Flood. Brisbane was chosen as the capital when Queensland was proclaimed a separate colony from New South Wales in 1859. During World War II, Brisbane played a central role in the Allied campaign and served as the South West Pacific headquarters for General Douglas MacArthur.
Today, Brisbane is well known for its distinct Queenslander architecture which forms much of the city's built heritage. It also receives attention for its damaging flood events, most notably in 1974 and 2011. The city is a popular tourist destination, serving as a gateway for visitors to the state of Queensland, particularly to the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast, popular resort towns immediately south and north of Brisbane, respectively. Several large cultural, international and sporting events have been held at Brisbane, including the 1982 Commonwealth Games, World Expo '88, the final Goodwill Games in 2001, and the 2014 G-20 summit.
Brisbane is a lunar crater that is located in the southeastern part of the Moon, to the south of the crater Peirescius. To the northwest lie the craters Vega and Reimarus, and farther to the east is the walled plain Lyot. Due to its proximity to the limb, foreshortening of this crater causes it to appear somewhat elliptical in shape, even though it is actually circular.
This is an old, eroded crater with features that have become somewhat softened and rounded due to a history of subsequent minor impacts. There are small craterlets along the rim, most notably along the western wall and the northeast inner wall. There is also a groove overlying the southwest rim. The interior floor is nearly level and contains no significant impacts. There is a slight central rise at the midpoint.
Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland, Australia.
Brisbane may also refer to:
- Brisbane County, New South Wales
- Electoral district of Brisbane (disambiguation), various meanings
- Brisbane, California
- Brisbane, North Dakota
- Brisbane (lunar crater)
- Brisbane, a variant of the Athlon 64 X2 CPU core
- Brisbane, a book by Matthew Condon
- HMAS Brisbane (naval base), a naval base operated in Brisbane between 1940 and 1942
Brisbane is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Abbott Hall Brisbane 1804-1861), American military officer, plantation owner, and author
- Albert Brisbane (1809-1890), American author and theorist
- Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936), American newspaper editor
- Charles Brisbane (1769-1829), British naval officer
- James Brisbane (1774-1826), British naval officer
- Thomas Brisbane (1773-1860), Scottish soldier and Governor of New South Wales
Usage examples of "brisbane".
First Vice President Roger Brisbane III was sitting behind a gleaming Bauhaus desk.
The American ambassador flew from Canberra to Sydney to welcome him, then flew him in an American plane to receptions in rowdy Brisbane, staid Adelaide and gracious Melbourne, with a final stop at the American embassy in Canberra, where a large assembly waited to greet the hero.
Museum scuttlebutt held that Brisbane had intended to be a gemologist, but was forced into law school by a pragmatic father.
Strings of tourist trains running over the Blue Mountains and the Great Zigzag, and up the coast to Gosford and Brisbane Water, and down the south coast to beautiful Illawarra, until after New Year.
Finally, there were the meteors that fell near Brisbane, Kansas City, and Le Havre.
After his return to Scotland he resided chiefly at Makerstoun in Roxburghshire, where, as at Brisbane House, he had a large and admirably equipped observatory.
Telegram Company to correct an erroneous announcement made in their Brisbane telegram of the 2d inst., published in our impression of the 5th inst.
In Brisbane they transferred airports to catch the 11: 15 Qantas flight to Hong Kong.
At these two words, Brisbane paused, then a cold smile crept onto his face.
It was a long, enjoyable perambulation: Brisbane liked order, purity, simplicity, and the desk shone with a mirror-like perfection.
A whiff of dust rose from the envelope and Brisbane hastily raised a protective tissue to his nose.
Just look at this note, Brisbane thought: manually typed on what was clearly an ancient typewriter.
Nora paused inside the door, waiting, but Brisbane said nothing nor in any way acknowledged her presence.
Nora knew it would be futile to remind Brisbane that he himself, however grudgingly, had authorized the work.
Immediately, Brisbane glided over on long legs, planting himself in front of them.