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In 1911, Queensland belatedly established its first university, the University of Queensland, in the Old Government House at the end of George Street. [7] By the late 1930s, the university outgrew this site, moving its main campus to St Lucia after World War II. [8] Damage following gas explosion, George Street, Brisbane, July 1970
The Brisbane area at night taken by satellite. The geography of Brisbane is characterised by its coastal location in the south eastern corner of the Queensland state of Australia. It is located halfway up the Australian east coast with longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates of 27.5° south and 153° east.
In 1989, the South Bank Corporation, a Queensland Government statutory body, was established to oversee the development and management of the new South Bank Parklands. [4] Brisbane's "new" South Bank Parklands, August 1992. When South Bank Parklands were developed following World Expo 88, there was a system of canals and bridges.
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
The Gap is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) by road north-west of the Brisbane GPO. [4]The Gap was named for its geographical location in the valley between Mount Coot-tha and Enoggera Hill (i.e. 'the gap' between hills) which both form part of the Taylor Range.
Roma Street Parkland is the world's largest subtropical garden in a city centre. [4] The parkland features a variety of themed gardens and recreational areas, with an extensive web of pathways and boardwalks traversing cascading waterways and rocky outcrops, and also in situ artworks by 16 local artists.
In the 2016 census, Salisbury had a population of 6,290 people, of whom 50.0% were female and 50.0% were male.The median age of the Salisbury population was 35 years, three years below the Australian median. 67.8% of people living in Salisbury were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 66.7%.
A map advertising the auction shows the proximity of the estate to the Brisbane River, the State School, a local Church and Apollo Candle Works. [30] In 1885, the first bicycle (Safety Cycle) was built in Queensland by Reginald Blunt of Bulimba and proudly raced on by Brisbane cyclist Peter Dowd. [31]