The capital city of Queensland, Australia; a major metropolitan area in eastern Australia.
Named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, a British military officer and colonial administrator who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1821-1825.
Brisbane was named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, a Scottish general and accomplished astronomer, showing how colonized cities often bear the names of administrators rather than indigenous names, erasing the original peoples' own place names.
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