Brisbane

Brisbane Queensland
Brisbane, frae top: Brisbane skyline frae Kangaroo Point, Japanese gairdens at the Moont Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, the Wheel o Brisbane, Story Brig, the Gorge Walk on North Stradbroke Island, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane Ceety Haw at nicht
Map of the Brisbane metropolitan area
Brisbane
Coordinates	27°28′22″S 153°01′40″E
Population	2,238,394 (2013) (3rd)
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Established	May 1825
Aurie	15,826 km2 (6,110.5 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	733 km (455 mi) N of Sydney 945 km (587 mi) NNE of Canberra 1,376 km (855 mi) NNE of Melbourne 1,602 km (995 mi) NE of Adelaide 3,610 km (2,243 mi) NE of Pairth
LGA(s)	City of Brisbane City of Ipswich Lockyer Valley Region Logan City Moreton Bay Region Redland City Scenic Rim Region Somerset Region
Region	Sooth East Queensland
Coonty	Stanley, Canning, Cavendish, Churchill, Ward
State electorate(s)	41 diveesions
Federal Diveesion(s)	17 diveesions
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfaw 26.4 °C 80 °F 16.2 °C 61 °F 1,008.2 mm 39.7 in

Brisbane (Inglis pronunciation: [ˈbɹɪzbən]) 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.