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Jun 1, 2009

::Brisbane::

Posted by anna at 9:48 AM

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Brisbane is the state capital of the Australian state of Queensland and is the largest city in that state. With a population of approximately two million it is also the third most populous city in Australia, behind Sydney and Melbourne. The city is situated on the Brisbane River on a low-lying floodplain between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range in south-eastern Queensland. The local indigenous people knew the area as Mian-jin, meaning 'place shaped as a spike'.The city is named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. Brisbane'sdemonym is a Brisbanite.

 

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