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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is named for Sir Thomas Brisbane (1773–1860), British soldier and colonial administrator born in Ayrshire, Scotland. Sir Thomas Brisbane was Governor of New South Wales at the time that Brisbane was named. Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... The history of Australia began when people first migrated to the Australian continent from the north, at least 40,000-45,000 years ago. ... Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ... The History of Canberra details the development of the city of Canberra from the time before white settlement to Canberras planning by the Chicago architect Walter Burley Griffin and subsequent development to the present day. ... The first settlement in Hobart was started in 1803 as a penal colony at Risdon Cove on the eastern shores of the Derwent River, amid British concerns over the presence of French explorers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article details the History of Perth from the first human activity in the region to the 20th century. ... History of Sydney stretches back to prehistoric times. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the third largest city in Australia, with a metropolitan population of 1. ... Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Major General Sir Thomas Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales Major-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, GCH, GCB (July 23, 1773 – January 27, 1860), soldier, colonial Governor and astronomer, was born at Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of Sir Thomas Brisbane. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Modern soldiers. ... Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km... the flag of the Governor of New South Wales The Governor of New South Wales is the representative in the Australian state of New South Wales of Australias head of state, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. ...

European exploration

Prior to European settlement, the Brisbane region was occupied by Aboriginal tribes. For the historic phenomenon of colonisation and imperialism, see main article colonialism (and also decolonisation) Colonisation (or colonization) is the act of establishing colonies, in other words the populating of new areas by a species. ... See also, List of Indigenous Australian group names. ...

The region was first explored by Europeans in 1797, when Matthew Flinders made a landing at what is now Woody Point in Redcliffe. A permanent settlement in the region was not founded until half a century later, when New South Wales Governor Brisbane was requested by Sydney free settlers that the worst convicts be sent elsewhere. 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Captain Matthew Flinders. ... Woody Point, Queensland, Australia is on the southern most point of Brisbanes Redcliffe Peninsula. ... Redcliffe, Queensland Redcliffe is the name of a suburb in Perth, Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... List of Governors of New South Wales See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ...

On October 23, 1823, Surveyor General John Oxley set out with a party in the cutter "Mermaid" from Sydney to "survey Port Curtis [now Gladstone], Moreton Bay and Port Bowen, with a view to forming convict settlements there". The party reached Port Curtis on November 5. Oxley suggested that the location was unsuitable for a settlement, since it would be difficult to maintain. October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... John Oxley John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (January 1, 1785, Kirkham, Yorkshire - May 26, 1828) was an early English explorer of Australia. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Auckland Inlet, with the Power House in the background Gladstone Marina, with the RG Tanna Coal Terminal (formerly Clinton Coal Facility) in the background Location of Gladstone in Queensland (red) Gladstone is an industrial port city located on the coast of Queensland, Australia. ... Moreton Bay from space, from a NASA photograph Moreton Bay is a large bay on the eastern coast of Australia 19 km from Brisbane, Queensland. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ...

As he approached Point Skirmish into Moreton Bay, he noticed several Indigenous Australians approaching him, led by several white bedraggled timbergetters. The white men turned out to be shipwrecked timbergetters by the names of Thomas Pamphlett, Richard Parsons, John Finnegan and John Thomson who had left Sydney on March 21 of the same year to sail along the coast in search of cedar. They had been living with the Indigenous tribe for seven months. See also, List of Indigenous Australian group names. ... Richard Parsons (born April 4, 1948), is the chairman and CEO of Time Warner. ... There have been a number of notable people named John Thomson: John Thomson, a nineteenth century politician from Ohio John Thomson, was an Australian Politician John Thomson, one of the senior officers of the RAF John Thomson, a British actor and impressionist John Thomson, a pitcher with the Atlanta Braves... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...

After meeting with them, Oxley proceeded approximately 100km up what he later named the Brisbane River in honour of the then-Govenor Brisbane. Oxley explored the river as far as what is now the suburb of Goodna in the city of Ipswich, about 20km upstream Brisbane's central business district. Several places were named by Oxley and his party including Breakfast Creek (at the mouth of which they cooked breakfast), Oxley Creek and Seventeen Mile Rocks. The Brisbane River is situated in southeast Queensland, Australia, and flows through the state capital Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. ... Goodna is a suburb on the eastern edge of the city of Ipswich. ... Ipswich is a city and Local Government Area situated on the Bremer River in South East Queensland, Australia. ... A Central business district (CBD) or downtown is a commercial heart of a city. ...

Establishment of a Penal Colony

In 1824, the first convict colony was established at Redcliffe Point under Lieutenant Miller. Meanwhile, Oxley and Allan Cunningham explored further up the Brisbane River in search of water, landing at the present location of North Quay. Only one year later, in 1825, the colony was moved south from Redcliffe to a peninsula on the Brisbane River, site of the present Central Business District, called "Mean-jin" by the local Turrbul inhabitants. The settlement was named "Edenglassie" (in honour of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland) by British pioneers but was subsequently renamed to match the river. The official population of Brisbane at the end of 1825 was "45 males and 2 females". 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Redcliffe is both the name of a peninsula on the north-west of Moreton Bay in South East Queensland, Australia and the city located on the peninsula. ... Allan Cunningham (December 7, 1784 _ October 30, 1842) was a Scottish poet and author. ... Artists rendering of the proposed North Quay development, Canary Wharf. ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Redcliffe is both the name of a peninsula on the north-west of Moreton Bay in South East Queensland, Australia and the city located on the peninsula. ... The Brisbane River is situated in southeast Queensland, Australia, and flows through the state capital Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The colony was originally established as a "prison within a prison" - a settlement, deliberately distant from Sydney, to which convicts who reoffended while serving their sentences could be sent as punishment. It soon garnered a reputation, along with Norfolk Island, as being one of the harshest penal settlements in all of New South Wales. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ...

Free settlement

As a penal colony, private settlements near the area was forbidden for many years. As the inflow of new convicts decreased steadily, the population began to decline. In 1838, the area was opened up for free settlers, as distinct from convicts. An early group of Lutheran missionaries from Germany were granted land in what is now the northside suburb of Nundah. In 1839 the first three surveyors, Dixon, Stapylton and Warner arrived in Moreton Bay to prepare the land for greater numbers of European settlers. From the 1840s settlers took advantage of the abundance of timber in local forests. Once cleared, land was quickly utilized for grazing and other farming activities. The convict colony was eventually closed. | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ... Nundah is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February...

The free settlers did not recognise the local aboriginal ownership and were not required to provide compensation to the Turrbul Aboriginal people. By 1869 almost all of the Turrbul people had died from gunshot or disease. The few remaining survivors escaped the region with the help of a settler, Thomas Petrie, (now associated with the suburb of Petrie in Pine Rivers Shire, north of Brisbane). Portrait of Thomas Petrie Thomas Petrie (1831-1910), explorer, grazier and friend of Aboriginals, was born on 31 January 1831 at Edinburgh, third son of Andrew Petrie and brother of John. ... Pine Rivers Shire is a local government area north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ...

Development in the early years of the colony of Queensland

Queensland was formally established as a self-governing colony of Britain separate from New South Wales in 1859. Capital Sydney Government Const. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ...

Originally the neighbouring city of Ipswich was intended to be the capital of Queensland but it proved too far inland to allow access by large ships and so Brisbane was chosen as the capital instead. However it was not until 1902 that it was officially designated a city. 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The 1893 Black February floods caused severe flooding in the region and devastated the city. Raging flood waters destroyed the first of several versions of the Victoria Bridge. Even though gold was discovered north of Brisbane, around Maryborough and Gympie, most of the proceeds went south to Sydney and Melbourne. The city remained an underdeveloped regional outpost, with comparatively little of the classical Victorian architecture that characterized southern cities. Victoria Bridge, Brisbane The Victoria Bridge is the fifth crossing of the Brisbane River. ... Maryborough is a city and Local Government Area located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately 300 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. ... Location of Gympie in Queensland (red) The city of Gympie is located in south eastern Queensland, Australia, and is approximately 160 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. ...

The first railway in Brisbane was built in 1879 when the line from the western interior was extended from Ipswich to Roma Street Station. First horse drawn, then electric Trams operated in Brisbane from 1885 till 1969. Tramway employees stood down for wearing union badges on 18 January 1912 sparked Australia's first General strike, the 1912 Brisbane General Strike which lasted for five weeks. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Entry to the Roma Street Railway Station is via the ground level of the Brisbane Transit Centre Roma Street Railway Station is on Roma Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and is adjacent to the Roma Street Parkland. ... A CLRV Streetcar in the City of Toronto. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ... Illustration from the Brisbane Worker newspaper condemning the brutality of the Queensland Police on Black Friday The 1912 Brisbane General Strike in Queensland, Australia, began when members of the Australian Tramway Employees Association were dismissed when they wore union badges to work on 18 January 1912. ...

In an effort to prevent overcrowding and control urban development, the Parliament of Queensland passed the Undue Subdivision of Land Prevention Act 1885, resulting in Brisbane and other Queensland cities having very low population densities and covering large areas compared to similar Australian cities. The Queensland Parliament is located in george Street, Brisbane. ... The Undue Subdivision of Land Prevention Act 1885 was a law passed by the Parliament of Queensland in that year to prevent overcrowding and urban degradation in cities and towns in Queensland, especially in Brisbane. ...

This legislation, together with the advent of efficient public transport in the form of steam trains and electric trams encouraged the spread of the city. Although the initial tram routes reached out into established suburbs such as West End, Fortitude Valley, New Farm and Newstead later extensions and new routes encouraged housing developments in new suburbs, such as the western side of Toowong, Paddington, Ashgrove, Kelvin Grove and Coorparoo. This was a pattern of development to continue through to the 1950s, with later extensions encouraging new developments around Stafford, Camp Hill, Chermside, Enoggera and Mt Gravatt. Generally the train lines linked established communities, although the Mitchelton line (later extended to Dayboro), before being cut back to Ferny Grove) did encourage suburban development out as far as Keperra. West End is an inner-city suburb of southern Brisbane. ... Emporium in Fortitude Valley. ... New Farm Village, located on Brunswick Street in New Farm. ... Newstead is a riverside suburb of the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... The commercial centre of Toowong contains several commercial buildings, including the Toowong Village office tower (background) which contains the Toowong Village shopping centre. ... Paddington is a mainly residential suburb in the inner west of Brisbane, Australia and in common with other suburbs in the area, is located on a number of steep ridges and hills. ... Ashgrove is an inner suburb Brisbane, Australia located 5km west of the Brisbane CBD. Ashgrove is a leafy residential suburb, characterised by its hilly terrain and the abundance of small apartment blocks. ... Kelvin Grove is an inner northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia located 4 kilometres out from the CBD. This hilly suburb takes its name from Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Coorparoo Primary School Coorparoo is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Camp Hill is a largely residential suburb in the south-east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Chermside is a suburb on the north side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Enoggera is a suburb in Brisbane, Australia. ... Mount Gravatt is a suburb of Brisbane. ... Michelton, Queensland Located 8 kiometres from the Brisbane CBD, Michelton is in the north western suburbs and is an older style suburb with many old Queenslander type houses and leafy streets. ... Dayboro is a village in the Pine Rivers Shire in Queensland, Australia. ... Ferny Grove is a comparitively recently developed residential suburb in the north west of Brisbane, Queensland. ... Keperra is a suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia which is located approximately 9 kilometres north-west of the CBD. It has a deep and rich history, with some thinking that the name was based upon the Aboriginal term for “Kipper” (a young tribe member who has reached initiation age). ...

Subsequently, with the availability of affordable private motor cars, land between tram and train routes was developed for settlement, for example Ekibin, Tarragindi, Everton Park, Stafford Heights and Wavell Heights. Tarra Gindi from a Foote family photograph, 1905 Tarragindi is a suburb on the southern side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Aboriginal history The Turrbal clan occupied the northern side of the Brisbane River. ... Stafford Heights is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. ... Wavell Heights is a Brisbane suburb located 9 km north of the citys CBD. It is named after Field Marshall Lord Wavell who was the Commander-In-Chief of the Allied Forces in the Middle East during the Second World War. ...

Amalgamation of Local Government Areas

In 1924, the City of Brisbane Act was passed by the Queensland Parliament, amalgamating the Cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane; the Towns of Hamilton, Ithaca, Sandgate, Toowong, Windsor and Wynnum; and the Shires of Balmoral, Belmont, Coorparoo, Enoggera, Kedron, Moggill, Sherwood, Stephens, Taringa, Tingalpa, Toombul and Yeerongpilly to form the current City of Greater Brisbane, now known simply as the City of Brisbane, in 1925. To accommodate the new enlarged city council the current Brisbane City Hall was opened in 1930. Many former shire and town halls became the nucleus of Greater Brisbane's public library network. Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Image:Brisbane flag. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bribane City Hall ( view from King George Square ) Brisbane City Hall has frontages to King George Square, Ann Street and Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...

Brisbane during the Second World War

The AMP Building (now called the MacArthur Central building), was the Allied Pacific Headquarters of General Douglas MacArthur during World War II

A notice about the MacArthur Museum [1] at MacArthur Central

Due to Brisbane's proximity to the South West Pacific Area theatre of World War II (Second World War), the city played a prominent role in the defence of Australia. The city became a temporary home to thousands of Australian and American servicemen. Buildings and institutions around Brisbane were given over to the housing of military personnel as required. The present-day MacArthur Central building became the Pacific headquarters ^[1] of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, and the University of Queensland campus at St Lucia was converted to a military barracks for the final three years of the war. St Laurence's College and Somerville House Girls' School in South Brisbane were also used by American forces. During this time St Laurence's College was moved to Greenslopes to continue classes. Newstead House was also used to house American servicemen during the war. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1358x1800, 85 KB)AMP Building (now MacArthur Chambers) on Queen St Brisbane in 1938 1means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1358x1800, 85 KB)AMP Building (now MacArthur Chambers) on Queen St Brisbane in 1938 1means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. ... The MacArthur Central Building was established in 1849 on the corner of Queen Street and Edward Street, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 - April 5, 1964), was a famous American general who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II. He was poised to command the invasion of Japan in November 1945 but was instead instructed to accept their surrender on September 2, 1945. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000,000 Civilian dead: 4,000,000 Total dead 12,000,000 World War II (abbreviated WWII), or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (955x1550, 233 KB)MacArthur Museum notice in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ( this photograph was taken by Figaro ) This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator, Figaro. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (955x1550, 233 KB)MacArthur Museum notice in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ( this photograph was taken by Figaro ) This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator, Figaro. ... The MacArthur Central Building was established in 1849 on the corner of Queen Street and Edward Street, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... South West Pacific Area (SWPA) was the name given to one of the four major Allied commands in the Pacific theatre of World War II, during 1942-45. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000,000 Civilian dead: 4,000,000 Total dead 12,000,000 World War II (abbreviated WWII), or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict... The MacArthur Central Building was established in 1849 on the corner of Queen Street and Edward Street, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 - April 5, 1964), was a famous American general who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II. He was poised to command the invasion of Japan in November 1945 but was instead instructed to accept their surrender on September 2, 1945. ... The University of Queensland (UQ) is the longest-established university in the state of Queensland, Australia, and a member of Australias Group of Eight. ... South Brisbane is an inner city suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Greenslopes (postcode 4120) is a moderately-sized suburb of Brisbane, capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. ... Newstead House, in Newstead Park, was built in 1846 on the Breakfast Creek bank of the Brisbane River, in the Brisbane suburb of Newstead, in Queensland, Australia. ...

Brisbane was used to mark the position of the "Brisbane Line", a controversial defence proposal allegedly formulated by the Menzies government, that would, upon a land invasion of Australia, surrender the entire northern part of the country. The line was, allegedly, at a latitude just north of Brisbane and spanned the entire width of the continent. The Brisbane Line was a controversial defence proposal allegedly formulated by the Menzies government during World War II, that would, upon a land invasion of Australia, surrender the entire continent bar the populated coastal strip south of Brisbane to the Japanese. ... Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 14 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, serving eighteen and a half years. ...

On 26 November and 27 November 1942, rioting broke out between US and Australian servicemen stationed in Brisbane. By the time the violence had been quelled one Australian soldier was dead, and hundreds of Australian and US servicemen were injured along with civilians caught up in the fighting ^[2]. Hundreds of soldiers were involved in the rioting on both sides. This incident, which was heavily censored at the time and apparently was not reported in the US at all, is known as the Battle of Brisbane. November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... A Norwegian soldier (a Corporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. ... Battle of Brisbane During World War II, many US forces were stationed in and around the city, and, for a time, it was the headquarters for General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, South West Pacific Area. ...

Post-War Brisbane

The consequence of years of inadequate civic finances - a city largely unsewered, with outhouses behind each home. The city was not completely sewered until the early 1970s

Immediately after the war, the Brisbane City Council, along with most governments in Australia, found it difficult to raise finances for much-needed repairs and development. Even where funds could be obtained materials were scarce. Adding to these difficulties was the political environment encouraged by some aldermen, led by Archibald Tait, to reduce the city's rates (land taxes). Ald Tait successfully ran on a slogan of "Vote for Tait, he'll lower the rate." Rates were indeed lowered, exacerbating Brisbane's finances. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x707, 84 KB) 1means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x707, 84 KB) 1means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. ... Outhouse near Crabapple Lake, USA, with chipboard walls, and a fiberglass ceiling This article refers to an outhouse, privy or kybo that is an old type of toilet in a small structure separate from the main building which does not have a flush or sewer attached. ...

Although Brisbane's tram system continued to be expanded, roads and streets remained unsealed. Water supply was limited, although the City Council built and subsequently raised the level of the Somerset Dam on the Stanley River. Despite this, most residences continued to rely heavily on rainwater stored in tanks. Lake Somerset is an artificial lake created by the Somerset Dam on the Stanley River in Queensland. ... The Stanley River in Queensland is the main tributary of the Brisbane River. ...

The limited water supply and lack of funding also meant that despite the rapid increase in the city's population, little work was done to upgrade the city's sewage collection, which continued to rely on the collection of nightsoil. Other than the CBD and the innermost suburbs, Brisbane was a city of "thunderboxes" (outhouses) or of septic tanks. Night soil is produced as a result of a waste management system in areas without community infrastructure such as a sewage treatment facility, or individual septic disposal. ... Outhouse near Crabapple Lake, USA, with chipboard walls, and a fiberglass ceiling This article refers to an outhouse, privy or kybo that is an old type of toilet in a small structure separate from the main building which does not have a flush or sewer attached. ... A septic tank is part of a small scale sewage treatment system often referred to as a septic system, which consists of the tank itself and a leach (drain) field. ...

What finances could be garnered by the Council were poured into the construction of Tennyson Powerhouse, and the extension and upgrading of the powerhouse in New Farm Park to meet the growing demands for electricity. Tennyson is an suburb of Brisbane, Australia. ... The powerhouse is located in a converted power station Brisbane Powerhouse is a performing arts and cultural venue located in the Brisbane suburb of New Farm, Queensland, Australia. ... New Farm Park is a significant historic park in the suburb of New Farm, Queensland, Brisbane. ...

Work continued slowly on the development of a town plan, hampered by the lack of experienced staff and a continual need to play "catch-up" with rapid development. The first town plan was adopted in 1964.

1961 saw the election of Clem Jones as Lord Mayor. Ald Jones, together with the new town clerk J.C. Slaughter sought to fix the long term problems besetting the city. Together they found cost-cutting ways to fix some problems. For example new sewers were laid 4 feet deep and in footpaths, rather than 6 feet deep and under roads. In the short term, "pocket" or local sewerage treatment plants were established around the city in various suburbs to avoid the expense of developing a major treatment plants and major connecting sewers. Clem Jones AO was the ALP Lord Mayor of the city of Brisbane from 1961 to 1975. ...

They were also fortunate in that finance was becoming less difficult to raise and the city's rating base had by the 1960s significantly grown, to the point where revenue streams were sufficient to absorb the considerable capital outlays.

Under Jones' leadership, The City Council's transport policy shifted significantly. The City Council hired American transport consultants Wilbur Smith to devise a new transport plan for the city. It recommended the closure of most suburban railway lines, closure of the tram and trolley-bus networks, and the construction of a massive network of freeways through the city. Under this plan the suburb of Woolloongabba would have been almost completely obliterated by a vast interchange of three major freeways. Although the trams and trolley-buses were rapidly eliminated between 1968 and 1969, only one freeway was constructed, the trains were retained and subsequently electrified. The first train line to be so upgraded was the Ferny Grove to Oxley line in 1979. The train line to Cleveland, which had been cut back to Lota in 1961, was also reopened. Woolloongabba is an inner-city suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Ferny Grove is a comparitively recently developed residential suburb in the north west of Brisbane, Queensland. ... Jacaranda tree in Oxley Oxley is a south-western suburb of Brisbane named after the early Australian explorer John Oxley. ... Cleveland is one of the 21 bayside suburbs of the Redland Shire, approximately 25 kilometres East-South-East of Brisbane. ... Lota is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. ...

Brisbane has been inundated by four severe floods of the Brisbane River – in 1864, 1893, 1897 and 1974. A comprehensive flood mitigation scheme was instituted for the Brisbane River catchment area in the aftermath of the 1974 flood. Since then the city has remained flood free during unbroken cycles of drought, locust plagues and outbreaks of infectious, insect-born diseases including malaria, Dengue fever and Ross River virus. During this period real estate values in Brisbane have risen 15-fold. Picture of flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand For other uses, see Flood (disambiguation). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. ... Dengue fever (IPA: ) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are acute febrile diseases, found in the tropics, with a geographical spread similar to malaria. ... Ross River Fever (also known as Ross River Virus) is a germ which infects mostly rural areas of Australia. ...

Brisbane hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1982 and the World's Fair in 1988. For the XIIth Commonwealth Games the cities of Lagos (Nigeria), Brisbane(Australia), Kuala Lumpur (wins 1998 games) (Malaysia) and Birmingham (England) all interested in presenting their candidatures. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Expo 88 - as seen from the Brisbane River (photo taken from Victoria Bridge) Expo 88 - showing a globe of the world (photo taken from Victoria Bridge) Expo 88 at night (photo taken from Victoria Bridge) Expo 88 was a Worlds Fair held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia between April 30... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Later in that decade, emission control regulation had a major effect on improving the cities air quality. The banning of backyard incinerators in 1987, together with the closure of two local coal fired power stations in 1986 and a 50% decrease in lead levels found in petrol, resulted in a lowering of pollution levels. This article needs cleanup. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by coal mining, either underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ... Oil power plant in Iraq A power station or power plant is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... Gasoline, as it is known in North America, or petrol, in many Commonwealth countries (sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ...

Brisbane's historical timeline

• 1770 Capt. James Cook sails up Queensland coast with botanist Joseph Banks; names Cape Moreton, Point Lookout and Glass House Mountains. Takes possession of eastern Australia, naming it New South Wales.
• 1799 Capt. Matthew Flinders explores Moreton and Hervey bays; names Red Cliff Point (now Redcliffe), Pumice Stone River (Passage). Also lands on Coochiemudlo Island.
• 1823 Emancipated convicts John Finnegan, Richard Parsons and Thomas Pamphlett shipwrecked off Moreton Is while looking for timber (a fourth person, John Thomson, died at sea). Following a quarrel, Parsons continues north while others stay on the island.
• 1823 Surveyor-general John Oxley arrives at Bribie Island to evaluate Moreton Bay as a site for penal settlement. Discovers Finnegan and Pamphlett who guide him to the Brisbane River; names Peel Island, Pine River and Deception Bay.
• 1824 Oxley discovers Parsons and returns him to Sydney.
• 1824 First commandant Lt. Henry Miller arrives at Red Cliffe Pt from Sydney with soldiers, a storekeeper and their families, John Oxley, botanist Allan Cunningham, stock and seeds.
• 1824 First settler born in colony named Amity Moreton Thompson.
• 1825 Shipping channel via South Passage found; settlement moves to Brisbane River; first convict buildings built along William St.
• 1825 Edmund Lockyer of 57th Regiment explores Brisbane River. Notes flood debris 100 feet above river levels at Mt. Crosby, finds first coal deposits. Names Redbank after soil colour.
• 1826 Capt. Patrick Logan takes over as commandant of colony. Achieves extensive stone building program using convict labour. Discovers Southport bar and Logan River
• 1827 Allan Cunningham leaves Hunter Valley to seek link via New England Tableland to Darling Downs.
• 1827 Indigenous resistance leader "Napoleon" exiled to St Helena Island. Aborigines raid maize plots, resist advances. Frequent conflict until 1840s.
• 1828 Cunningham discovers gap in Great Dividing Range, providing access from Moreton Bay to Darling Downs. Also explores Esk-Lockyer basin and upper Brisbane Valley in 1829.
• 1829 Moreton Bay Aborigines seriously affected by smallpox.
• 1830 Capt. Logan mysteriously murdered near Esk, commemorated in folk song Convict's Lament.
• 1831 Moreton Bay settlement population reaches 1241, including 1066 convicts.
• 1833 Ship Stirling Castle wrecked on Swain Reef; first of many ships to wreck on Queensland coast over next 40 years.
• 1836 Quaker missionaries report Moreton Bay Indigenous population infected with venereal disease from American whalers.
• 1837 Brisbane's pioneering Petrie family arrives in Moreton Bay. Andrew Petrie (builder and stonemason) is clerk of government works; stays on with wife Mary and five children after penal settlement closes. Son John Petrie becomes Brisbane's first mayor; other son Tom writes sympathetically about local Indigenous people.
• 1839 Calls to cease convict transportation successful; Moreton Bay is closed as a penal settlement. 2062 men and 150 women served sentences at the settlement, half of them being Irish; 10 percent died, 700 fled, 98 never recaptured.
• 1840 Escaped convict John Baker surrenders after 14 years of living with Indigenous Australians.
• 1841 Indigenous people Merridio and Neugavil are executed at Wickham Terrace windmill for the murder of surveyor Stapylton and his assistant in Logan.
• 1842 New South Welsh Governor George Gipps proclaims Moreton Bay a free settlement. Land is offered for sale from Sydney.
• 1846 Squatter and entrepreneur Evan Mackenzie succeeds in making Brisbane a port independent from Sydney.
• 1846 Recorded population of Moreton Bay area is 4000 Aborigines and 2257 migrants.
• 1848 First 240 government-assisted British migrants arrive in Brisbane. First Chinese labourers arrive.
• 1849 Rev Dr J.D. Lang, local clergyman and journalist, brings his first English, Irish, Welsh and Scottish migrants with unauthorised promise of land grants. Government rations issued to prevent starvation. Lang envisages a colony of self-sufficient, thrifty and hard-working farmers, workers and artisans.
• 1849 Brisbane School of Arts established.
• 1849 William Pettigrew arrives in colony. He later becomes the mayor of Brisbane in 1870 and is a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly between 1877-94.
• 1850 Areas beyond inner Brisbane suburbs, such as Bulimba, Coorparoo, Enoggera, Nundah, Sherwood and Stafford are used for agriculture and grazing until the 1880s.
• 1850 Displaced Aborigines from Bribie Island, Redcliffe peninsula and Wide Bay make gunyah camps in Breakfast Creek/Eagle Farm region (until 1860s).
• 1850 Arthur Lyon sends sample of cotton from New Farm to Great London Exhibition.
• 1851 Influenza epidemic hits Brisbane (lasting in 1852).
• 1855 Nearly 1000 German migrants arrive in Brisbane after political unrest and the introduction of compulsory military training; most settle in the Nundah area.
• 1862 Old Government House is completed.
• 1867 Parliament House opens.
• 1885 Horse drawn tram system commences operation.
• 1893 Brisbane floods.
• 1897 Electric trams introduced.
• 1899 Queensland Museum leaves the old State Library Building to move into "Exhibition Hall" (later called the Old Museum), at Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills.
• 1901 Celebrations held to mark Federation, on New Year's Day.
• 1901 Fire alarms and pillar hydrants introduced to Brisbane city streets.
• 1902 Central Railway Station in Ann Street, Brisbane completed.
• 1902 Brisbane officially designated city status by the Government of Queensland.
• 1909 Government House opens at Bardon
• 1909 University of Queensland opens near Parliament House.
• 1922 Queensland Government purchases privately owned tram system and establishes the Brisbane Tramways Trust.
• 1925 Amalgamation of 25 local government areas to form the City of Greater Brisbane.
• 1925 Queensland Government transfers responsibility for the tram system from the Brisbane Tramways Trust to the Brisbane City Council.
• 1927 Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary founded
• 1928 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith lands in Brisbane, from San Francisco, USA, after the first flight across the Pacific Ocean.
• 1930 Brisbane City Hall opened.
• 1939 Forgan Smith building completed at the St. Lucia campus of the University of Queensland. (Forgan Smith building was named after the, then, Premier of Queensland)
• 1942 General Douglas MacArthur arrives in Brisbane and takes offices in the AMP building (later called MacArthur Central) for the Pacific campaign during World War II
• 1946 Following a delay caused by World War II the University of Queensland begins its move from George Street, Brisbane, to its St Lucia campus, which it completes in 1972
• 1964 Adoption of first Brisbane Town Plan
• 1965 Queensland Institute of Technology (later Queensland University of Technology) established
• 1968 Brisbane City Council announces conversion of tram and trolley-bus systems to all-bus operations
• 1969 Tram and trolley bus systems close, new Victoria Bridge opened
• 1974 Brisbane River flooding, the result of continual heavy rain from "Cyclone Wanda", causes major damage across city
• 1982 Commonwealth Games
• 1984 Queensland Performing Arts Centre opened at the Queensland Cultural Centre
• 1986 Queensland Museum moves to the Queensland Cultural Centre
• 1986 Tennyson and Bulimba coal-fired power station closed down
• 1988 State Library of Queensland leaves the old State Library Building to move to the Queensland Cultural Centre
• 1988 Expo 88 held at reclaimed industrial land at South Brisbane
• 1989 Queensland Institute of Technology changed status to Queensland University of Technology. (The decision to upgrade the QIT to a University in it own right was a result of the high quality and excellence of the teaching and research within the QIT, and was taken prior to the Dawkins reforms)
• 1991 International Convention of Lions Clubs International
• 2001 CHOGM conference, scheduled for Brisbane, but postponed after heightened security concerns resulting from terrorist attacks on New York City. Instead it was held in Coolum in early 2002
• 2001 Goodwill Games
• 2002 7th annual conference of the World Wide Web consortium
• 2003 International Convention of Rotary International

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References

1. ^ Oz at War (1)
2. ^ Oz at War (2)

• Our Queensland: The Great Unknown Comprehensive local newspaper outline of regional history.
• J.R. Cole, Shaping a City: Greater Brisbane 1925-1985, Brisbane 1984
• G. Greenwood and J. Laverty, Brisbane 1859-1959, BCC, 1959

External links

• Australian Heritage Historical Towns Directory -- Brisbane
• Brisbane Tramway Museum
• Black Soldier Blues
• QM Supply in the Pacific During WWII
• Sharing the Burden: Women in Cryptology during World War II
• The Home Front - World War 2
• Brisbane’s role in WWII focus of new book regarding Brisbane as a large submarine base in World War II