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The Brisbane River (Turrbal: Maiwar) is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley , the first European to explore the river, named it after the Governor of New South Wales , Sir Thomas Brisbane in 1823.
After meeting with them, Oxley proceeded approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) up what he later named the Brisbane River in honour of the governor. Oxley explored the river as far as what is now the suburb of Goodna in the city of Ipswich, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) upstream of Brisbane's central business district.
The Riverside Expressway runs parallel to the Brisbane River and George Street. The initial conclusion reached by engineers is that the hairline fracture, measuring over 2 metres long and 0.4 mm wide, was caused by the stress on the structure due to "The weight of both ramps is [now] balanced on one bearing and they are failing to shift their ...
English: Brisbane CBD and the Brisbane River, as seen from Kangaroo Point, 1989 Queensland State Archives Item ID 435746. ... the creator died before 1 January 1955: D:
Redbank is named after the soil colour. 1826 Captain Patrick Logan takes over as commandant of the colony and begins an extensive stone building program using convict labour. Discovers Southport bar and Logan River. 1827 Patrick Logan establishes arable land near the settlement on the Brisbane River at New Farm to feed the growing colony. [1]
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The reaches of the Brisbane River are named sections of the river (either straight or significant bends). Many are official names; some are unofficial. As shipping was the only form of transport when Brisbane was established and remained significant for many years, reaches are often mentioned as locations in historic documents.
After the Story Bridge was opened in 1940, most large overseas and interstate vessels did not use the wharves at the Town Reach. Hamilton became the heart of Brisbane's port, and the part of the river from the South Brisbane Reach, round the Town Reach to Petrie Bight lost the ascendancy it had around the turn of the century.