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BRISBANE , the See also:capital of See also:Queensland, See also:Australia. It is situated in See also:Stanley See also:county, on the See also:banks of the See also:river Brisbane, 25 M. from its mouth in Moreton See also:Bay. It is built on a See also:series of hills rising from the river-banks, but some parts of it, such as Woollongabba and See also:South Brisbane, occupy See also:low-lying flats, which have sometimes been the See also:scene of disastrous floods. The See also:main streets and See also:principal buildings of the See also:city are situated on a See also:tongue of See also:land formed by a southward See also:bend of the river. The extremity of the tongue, however, is open. Here, adjoining one another, are the botanical gardens, the grounds surrounding See also:Government See also:House, the See also:official See also:residence of the See also:governor of the See also:colony, and the Houses of See also:Parliament, and See also:Queen's See also:Park, which is used as a recreation ground. From this park See also:Albert See also:Street runs for about three-quarters of a mile through the See also:heart of the city, leading to Albert Park, in which is the See also:observatory. Queen's Street, the main thoroughfare of Brisbane, crosses Albert Street midway between the two parks and leads across the See also:Victoria See also:Bridge to the See also:separate city of South Brisbane on the other See also:side of the river. The Victoria Bridge is a See also:fine See also:steel structure, which replaced the bridge swept away by floods in See also:February 1893. Brisbane has a large number of buildings of architectural merit, though in some cases their effect is marred by the narrowness of the streets in which they stand. Among the most prominent are the Houses of Parliament, the See also:great domed See also:custom-house on the river-See also:bank, the lands See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, the See also:general See also:post-office, the See also:town halls of Brisbane and South Brisbane, and the See also:opera house. The See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral of St See also:Stephen (See also:Elizabeth Street) is an imposing See also:building, having a detached campanile containing the largest See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell in Australia. The See also:foundation-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone of the See also:Anglican cathedral, on an elevated site in See also:Ann Street, was laid by the See also:prince of See also:Wales (as See also:duke of See also:York) in 1901. The city is the seat of a Roman Catholic See also:archbishop and of an Anglican See also:bishop.. Many of the commercial and private buildings are also worthy of See also:notice, especially the Queensland See also:National Bank, a classic See also:Italian structure, the massive See also:treasury buildings, one of the largest erections in Australia, the Queensland See also:Club with its wide colonnades in Italian See also:Renaissance See also:style, and the great buildings of the Brisbane Newspaper See also:Company. Brisbane is well provided with parks and open spaces; the Victoria Park and See also:Bowen Park are the largest; the high-lying See also:Mount See also:Coot-tha commands fine views, and there are other parks and numerous recreation grounds in various parts of the city, besides the admirable botanical gardens and the gardens of the See also:Acclimatization Society. Electric tramways and omnibuses serve all parts of the city, and numerous ferries ply across the river. There is railway communication to See also:north, south and See also:west. By careful dredging, the broad river is navigable as far as Brisbane for ocean-going vessels, and the See also:port is the terminal port for the Queensland See also:mail steamers to See also:Europe, and is visited by steamers to See also:China, See also:Japan and See also:America, and for various inter-colonial lines. There is See also:wharf See also:accommodation on both banks of the river, a graving See also:dock which can be used by vessels up to 5000 tons, and two patent slips which can take up See also:ships of l000 and 400 tons respectively. The exports are chiefly See also:coal, See also:sheep, See also:tallow, See also:wool, frozen See also:meat and hides. The See also:annual value of imports and exports exceeds seven and nine millions* See also:sterling respectively. There are See also:boot factories, See also:soap See also:works, breweries, tanneries, See also:tobacco works, &c. The See also:climate is on the whole dry and healthy, but during summer the temperature is high, the mean shade temperature being about 7o° F.
Brisbane was founded in 1825 as a penal See also:settlement, taking its name from See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Brisbane, then governor of Australia; in 1842 it became a See also:free settlement and in 18J9 the capital of Queensland, the town up to that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time having belonged to: New South Wales. It was incorporated in the same See also:year. South Brisbane became a separate city in 1903. The municipal government of the city, and also of South Brisbane, is in the hands of a See also:mayor and ten aldermen; the suburbs are controlled by See also:shire See also:councils and divisional boards. The See also:chief suburbs are See also:Kangaroo Point, Fortitude Valley, New See also:Farm, Red See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, See also:Paddington, See also:Milton, Toowong, Breakfast See also:Creek, Bulimba, Woollongabba,
See also:Highgate and Indooroopilly. The See also:population of the See also:metropolitan See also:area in 1901 was 119,907; of the city proper, 28,953; of South Brisbane, 25,481.
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