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Brisbane


Bris·bane

B0486200 (brĭz′bən, -bān′) A city of eastern Australia on the Brisbane River, about 345 km (215 mi) long, near its mouth on Moreton Bay, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. The area was settled in 1824 as a penal colony.

Brisbane

(ˈbrɪzbən) n (Placename) a port in E Australia, the capital of Queensland: founded in 1824 as a penal settlement; vast agricultural hinterland. Pop: 2 189 878 (2013)

Bris•bane

(ˈbrɪz beɪn, -bən)

n. the capital of Queensland, in E Australia. 1,302,000.
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Noun1.Brisbane - capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in AustraliaQueensland - a state in northeastern Australia
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Брисбен

Brisbane


Brisbane

(brĭz`bən), city (2016 pop. 1,131,156, Greater Brisbane 2016 pop. 2,270,800), capital of Queensland, E Australia, on the Brisbane River above its mouth on Moreton Bay. Brisbane is Australia's third largest city and an administrative, commercial, industrial, and cultural center. It has shipyards, oil refineries, food-processing plants, textile mills, telecommunications plants, and railroad workshops, but in recent years tourism and commercial expansion have dominated the city's development. Extensive suburban growth has accompanied the city's rapid increase in population.

The area was settled in 1824 as a penal colony, and the city was named in 1834 for Sir Thomas BrisbaneBrisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall
, 1773–1860, British soldier, astronomer, and colonial administrator in Australia, b. Scotland. From 1793 to 1814 he served in the army in Flanders, in the West Indies, in Spain, and in Canada, rising to the rank of brigadier general.
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, governor of New South Wales. In 1925 the Greater Brisbane Act unified the administration of 19 formerly separate localities. The city and its suburbs have at times experienced significant flooding, most devastatingly in 1974 and 2011. Brisbane is the seat of the Univ. of Queensland (1909) and other universities, several art and other museums, and a performing arts complex.

Brisbane

a port in E Australia, the capital of Queensland: founded in 1824 as a penal settlement; vast agricultural hinterland. Pop.: 1 508 161 (2001)

Brisbane


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noun capital and largest city of Queensland state

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Asia-Pacific Cities Summit that concluded in Brisbane on Friday.UAE envoy attends Asia-Pacific Cities SummitA LITTLE more than six weeks ago, all eyes were on Brisbane as England's cricketers began their triumphant Ashes series at The Gabba.DEVASTATION IN THRIVING METROPOLISBrisbane, running through his lengthy resume during an interview, told me that he had spent two years in an acoustic guitar duo before testing his editorial chops, I wasn't the least bit surprised.Keeping tabs on the TimesBrisbane Marriott Hotel in Brisbane, Australia, a part of Marriott International (NYSE: MAR), has offered a fun weekend escape of shopping and socialising.Brisbane Marriott Hotel Offers New PackagesSydney and Brisbane were shrouded in a spectacular fog on Friday morning, causing disruption to airports and ferries, and leaving landmarks barely visible.Fog shrouds Sydney and BrisbaneYoung Jason Chen, a Chinese-Australian boy from Oxley in Brisbane, is intrigued like all his friends and neighbours by a 'Big Banana' in the backyard of a neighbour known as Mrs B.Richardson, Duncan: Jason Chen and the Time BananaA business delegation from Brisbane, Australia's fastest growing capital city, visited the kingdom this week as part of a Gulf tour to strengthen trade and investment relationships with businesses and governments.Brisbane trade ties
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