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Brisbane

capital city of Queensland, Australia

9 dated entries naming Brisbane, drawn from 8 separate years between 1825 CE and 1988 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1825May – History of Brisbane: The Australian city of Brisbane is founded.source
  • 1859June 6 – The British Crown colony of Queensland in Australia is created, by devolving part of the territory of New South Wales (Queensland Day). Brisbane is declared the capital.source
  • 1868Brisbane Grammar School is founded, providing the opportunity for secondary education for the first time in the colony of Brisbane in Australia.source
  • 1887January 21 – Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of 465 mm in (a record for any Australian capital city).source
  • 1887June 29 – The United Retail Federation is established in Brisbane, Australia.source

20th century

  • 1928June 9 – Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew complete the first flight across the Pacific Ocean, from the mainland United States to Australia, in the Fokker F.VII aircraft Southern Cross. Having left Oakland, California on May 31, they reach Brisbane via Honolulu and Fiji.source
  • 1934October 20–November 3 – Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first eastward crossing of the Pacific Ocean, from his native Brisbane, Australia, to San Francisco, in the Lockheed Altair Lady Southern Cross. The November 3 Hawaii–San Francisco leg is the first eastward flight from Hawaii to North America.source
  • 1986January 11 – The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened.source
  • 1988April 30 – World Expo 88 opens in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.source

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