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Brisbane

capital city of Queensland, Australia

19 dated entries naming Brisbane, drawn from 14 separate years between 1824 CE and 1995 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.

Also written as Brisbane, Queensland in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 182412 September – Lieutenant Henry Miller is formally appointed to establish a penal colony at Moreton Bay resulting in the founding of Brisbane on the Brisbane River (Miller had arrived in Moreton Bay a couple of months prior to the formal appointment)source
  • 1824September 13 – With his crew and 29 convicts aboard the Amity, John Oxley arrives at and founds the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement at what becomes Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia, after leaving Sydney.source
  • 182428 September – John Oxley recommends a new settlement be founded at Brisbane after finding Moreton Bay unsuitable.source
  • 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
  • 18765 July – The completion of a railway bridge across the Brisbane River links Brisbane and Ipswich, Queensland.source
  • 1887January 21 – Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of 465 mm (a record for any Australian capital city).source
  • 188721 January – Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.source
  • 1887June 29 – The United Retail Federation is established in Brisbane, Australia.source

20th century

  • 190217 September – Opera singer Nellie Melba arrives in Brisbane for her first Australian tour after 16 years in Europe.source
  • 190318 December – The first train runs from Rockhampton to Brisbane.source
  • 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
  • 193011 November – The Shrine of Remembrance in Brisbane is dedicated.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
  • 198830 April – World Expo 88 opens in Brisbane, Queensland. The exhibition runs for 6 months hosting pavilions from over 70 countries and thrusts Brisbane into the international spotlight.source
  • 199526 November – The Australian Women's Party is launched in Brisbane, Queensland by a group which includes disenchanted Labor women.source

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