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| Brisbane |
Name of city: Brisbane
Population : 2,238,394 (2013)
Established: 1825
Location: Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia.
Area: 15,826
km2
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 2.24 million,[ and the South
East Queensland urban conurbation, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population
of more than 3 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the
original European settlement and is situated inside a bend of the Brisbane
River, approximately 15 kilometres (9 miles) 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. The
metropolitan area sprawls across several of Australia's most populous local
government areas, including the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most
populous LGA in the nation. The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite. Brisbane is
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 first European settlement in Queensland was a penal colony at
Redcliffe, 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of the central business district, which
was founded in 1824. That settlement was soon abandoned and moved to North Quay
in 1825. Free settlers were permitted from 1842. Brisbane was chosen as the
capital when Queensland was proclaimed a separate colony from New South Wales
in 1859.
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The city played a central role in the Allied
campaign during World War II as the South West Pacific headquarters for General
Douglas MacArthur. Brisbane has hosted many large cultural, international and
sporting events, including the 1982 Commonwealth Games, World Expo '88, the
final Goodwill Games in 2001, and the 2014 G-20 summit. Brisbane is classified
as a Global city
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