Brisbane

Brisbane () is the caipital an maist populous ceety in Queensland, as weel as the third maist muckle ceety in Austrailie, wi aboot 1,810,943 indwallers. It's locatit naur tae the Pacific Ocean. Brisbane's aboot a thoosand kilometres (625 mile) Nor-East o Sydney.

The ceety wis cried in honour o Sir Thomas Brisbane that wis Govrenor o New Sooth Wales frae 1821 tae 1825. The oreeginal toun grew frae a sair jyle toun shapit at his airtin in 1824 at a place cried Redcliffe, 28 km tae the north. The toun wis flitten tae whit it is the nou in 1825, an free indwallers (as contrair tae convicts) wis alloued frae 1842. It wis chuist as the caipital whan Queensland wis proclaimit a sinder colony in 1859. The ceety slawly forderit till efter Warld Weir II, whan it wis gey important in the Allied campaign as the Sooth Wast Pacific base o General Douglas MacArthur.

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Category:Ceeties in Queensland