Brisbane
(
Yagara
:
Meanjin
,
pronounced:
[mi?ænd??n]
; 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
.
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.
Brisbane has a
humid subtropical climate
(
Koppen climate classification
:
Cfa
). Summers are hot and wet. Winters are warm and quite dry.
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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
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|
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.
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
.
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Most
primary schools
and
secondary schools
are run by the
Queensland Government
. There are also private,
Catholic
and other
Christian
schools.
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.
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