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The name Brisbane is named to honour Sir Thomas Brisbane (1773–1860) who was Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. [1] [2] When it was given its name and declared as a town in 1834, to replace its penal colony status, [3] Brisbane was still part of the Colony of New South Wales.
1888 Brisbane connected to Sydney by rail with break of gauge at Wallangarra. 1890 The Worker newspaper founded. 1892 The Catholic Age (later Catholic Leader) newspaper founded. 1893 Brisbane flood. 1894 Women's Equal Franchise Association founded. 1894 T.P. Lucas's novel Ruins of Brisbane in the Year 2000. 1895 The Gabba set aside as cricket ...
The city has suffered four major floods since its founding, in February 1893, January 1974 (partially a result of Cyclone Wanda), January 2011 (partially a result of Cyclone Tasha) and February 2022. Brisbane is within the southern reaches of the tropical cyclone risk zone. Full-strength tropical cyclones rarely affect Brisbane, but ...
Queensland was among the six colonies which became the founding states of ... Brisbane is the third most ... term and are determined by full ...
It was merged with Fitzroy to become the Brisbane Lions in 1997. 1987 saw Brisbane host games of the first ever Rugby World Cup. Expo '88 was held in Brisbane in 1988 to celebrate the Bicentenary of the First fleet founding the colony of Australia. The event was very successful and helped promote Brisbane and Queensland on the world stage.
In 1824, the Moreton Bay penal settlement was established on the site of present-day Brisbane. In 1842, the penal colony was closed and the area was opened for free settlement. By 1850 the population of Brisbane had reached 8,000 and increasing numbers of pastoralists were grazing cattle and sheep in the Darling Downs west of the town
Pages in category "History of Brisbane" The following 147 pages are in this category, out of 147 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
On 2 June the decision to form a rugby union association was made at the Exchange hotel in Brisbane. [20] The same year Queensland's population passed the 250,000 mark. In 1887, the Brisbane-Wallangarra railway line was opened, and in 1888 there was a 483-mile (777 km) line opened between Brisbane and Charleville.