Brisbane

capital city of Queensland, Australia

Brisbane (Yagara: Meanjin, pronounced: [miˈændʒɪn]; local nickname Brissie) is the seaport capital city and biggest city of Queensland in Australia. It has a population of 2.2 million people and is the third biggest city in Australia, after Sydney and Melbourne.

Brisbane
Meanjin
Queensland
Map of the Brisbane metropolitan area
Map of the Brisbane metropolitan area
Brisbane is located in Australia
Brisbane
Brisbane
Map
Coordinates27°28′S 153°02′E / 27.467°S 153.033°E / -27.467; 153.033
Population2,360,241 (2016)[1] (3rd)
 • Density148/km2 (380/sq mi)
Established13 May 1825 (1825-05-13)
Area15,842 km2 (6,116.6 sq mi)[2] (2016 GCCSA)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)
RegionSouth East Queensland
CountyStanley, Canning, Cavendish, Churchill, Ward
State electorate(s)41 divisions
Federal division(s)17 divisions
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
26.4 °C
80 °F
16.2 °C
61 °F
1,008.2 mm
39.7 in
Flag of Brisbane
Coat of arms of Brisbane

The central city is on the Brisbane River, 23 kilometres (14 mi) inland from Moreton Bay.

Brisbane is named after the Brisbane River, which is named after Sir Thomas Brisbane who was Governor of New South Wales from 1821 - 1825.

A penal colony was founded at Redcliffe, 28 kilometres (17 mi) to the north, in 1824. It was moved to North Quay in 1825. The first free settlers moved to Brisbane in 1842. Brisbane became the capital city when Queensland became a separate colony from New South Wales in 1859.

Brisbane has more than 50 skyscrapers more than 100 metres (330 ft) tall.

Climate

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Brisbane has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa). Summers are hot and wet. Winters are warm and quite dry.[8][9]

Thunderstorms happen a lot from November to March every year. Very heavy thunderstorms caused big floods and a lot of damage in February 1893, January 1974, January 2011 and January 2013.

The warmest recorded temperature in Brisbane was 43.2 °C (109.8 °F) on 26 January 1940 and the coldest was 2.3 °C (36.1 °F) on 2 July 1896.

Climate data for Brisbane Regional Office (1840-1994)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 43.2
(109.8)
40.9
(105.6)
38.8
(101.8)
36.1
(97.0)
32.4
(90.3)
31.6
(88.9)
29.1
(84.4)
32.8
(91.0)
38.3
(100.9)
40.7
(105.3)
41.2
(106.2)
41.2
(106.2)
43.2
(109.8)
Average high °C (°F) 29.4
(84.9)
29.0
(84.2)
28.0
(82.4)
26.1
(79.0)
23.2
(73.8)
20.9
(69.6)
20.4
(68.7)
21.8
(71.2)
24.0
(75.2)
26.1
(79.0)
27.8
(82.0)
29.1
(84.4)
25.5
(77.9)
Average low °C (°F) 20.7
(69.3)
20.6
(69.1)
19.4
(66.9)
16.6
(61.9)
13.3
(55.9)
10.9
(51.6)
9.5
(49.1)
10.3
(50.5)
12.9
(55.2)
15.8
(60.4)
18.1
(64.6)
19.8
(67.6)
15.7
(60.2)
Record low °C (°F) 14.9
(58.8)
14.7
(58.5)
11.3
(52.3)
6.9
(44.4)
4.8
(40.6)
2.4
(36.3)
2.3
(36.1)
2.7
(36.9)
4.8
(40.6)
6.3
(43.3)
9.2
(48.6)
13.5
(56.3)
2.3
(36.1)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 159.6
(6.28)
158.3
(6.23)
140.7
(5.54)
92.5
(3.64)
73.7
(2.90)
67.8
(2.67)
56.5
(2.22)
45.9
(1.81)
45.7
(1.80)
75.4
(2.97)
97.0
(3.82)
133.3
(5.25)
1,146.4
(45.13)
Average rainy days 12.9 13.2 14.3 11.1 9.6 7.9 7.2 6.7 7.3 9.2 9.8 11.4 120.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours 229.4 186.5 201.5 216.0 213.9 204.0 229.4 244.9 246.0 248.0 252.0 251.1 2,722.7
Source: Bureau of Meteorology[10]

Local government

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Brisbane City Hall which has Brisbane City Council offices.

The City of Brisbane, run by Brisbane City Council, covers a big part of the suburbs close to the city. The outer suburbs are part of Logan City to the south, Moreton Bay Region to the north, the City of Ipswich to the south west, Redland City to the south east, with a small part in the Scenic Rim Region to the west.

Education

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Brisbane has many universities and colleges including University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University. The Australian Catholic University, Central Queensland University, James Cook University, University of Southern Queensland and the University of the Sunshine Coast each have a campus in Brisbane.

There are three big vocational schools in Brisbane - Brisbane North Institute of TAFE, Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE and Southbank Institute of TAFE.[11]

Most primary schools and secondary schools are run by the Queensland Government. There are also private, Catholic and other Christian schools.

 
A rugby league game at Lang Park stadium.

Brisbane hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games, the 1988 World Exposition (called World Expo 88), and some games at the 1987 Rugby World Cup and 2001 Cricket World Cup.

Big sports stadiums include the Brisbane Cricket Ground, Lang Park, Ballymore Stadium and the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre.

Brisbane has teams in all Australian sports competitions.

Sport Team Name League Stadium
Rugby league Queensland State of Origin Lang Park
Brisbane Broncos National Rugby League
Rugby union Queensland Reds Super Rugby
Soccer Brisbane Roar A-League
Brisbane Strikers Queensland State League Perry Park
Cricket Brisbane Heat Sheffield Shield
Ryobi One Day Cup
KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
Brisbane Cricket Ground
Queensland Bulls
Australian Rules Football Brisbane Lions Australian Football League
Netball Queensland Firebirds ANZ Championship Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Baseball Brisbane Bandits Australian Baseball League Brisbane Exhibition Ground
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References

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  1. "Ten years of growth: Australia's population hot spots". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. "2016 Census Community Profile – Greater Brisbane (3GBRI – GCCSA)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2018-01-25.; [1] Archived 2017-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, ZIPed Excel spreadsheet. Cover
  3. "Great Circle Distance between BRISBANE and SYDNEY". Geoscience Australia. March 2004.
  4. "Great Circle Distance between BRISBANE and CANBERRA". Geoscience Australia. March 2004.
  5. "Great Circle Distance between BRISBANE and MELBOURNE". Geoscience Australia. March 2004.
  6. "Great Circle Distance between BRISBANE and ADELAIDE". Geoscience Australia. March 2004.
  7. "Great Circle Distance between BRISBANE and PERTH". Geoscience Australia. March 2004.
  8. Tapper, Andrew; Tapper, Nigel (1996). Gray, Kathleen (ed.). The weather and climate of Australia and New Zealand (First ed.). Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press. p. 300. ISBN 0-19-553393-3.
  9. Linacre, Edward; Geerts, Bart (1997). Climates and Weather Explained. London: Routledge. p. 379. ISBN 0-415-12519-7.
  10. "Climate statistics for Australian locations". www.bom.gov.au.
  11. "TAFE Queensland". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.

Other websites

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