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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.
However, the river frontages have become gentrified in the last 30 years, with wharf facilities and industrial buildings replaced by parklands, residential apartments and the arts precinct. [4] The Brisbane River is a wide tidal estuary and its waters throughout most of the metropolitan area are brackish and navigable.
Norman Creek is a tributary of the Brisbane River in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [1] The headwaters of the creek are located on the northern slopes of Toohey Mountain and Mount Gravatt in southern Brisbane .
Mount Crosby pumping station complex occupies approximately 10 hectares of land in the two outer suburbs of Mount Crosby and Chuwar, either side of the Brisbane River, 24km southwest of the Brisbane CBD. The complex is organised into separate but adjacent connected zones that reflect the historical operations and key phases of technological ...
Cargo ship Pericles at Dalgety and Co's Wharf, New Farm, Brisbane, 1908 Mactaggarts Woolstore, viewed from the river, 2012. There are many landmarks along the Bulimba Reach, including (from upstream to downstream): the heritage-listed Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm (western bank) Lourdes Hill College, Hawthorne (eastern bank)
It is bounded to the south by the Warrego Highway and to the south-west and west by the Brisbane Valley Highway. [ 3 ] Worlds End Pocket is a pocket of the Brisbane River in the easternmost part of the locality.( 27°31′16″S 152°45′30″E / 27.5211°S 152.7583°E / -27.5211; 152.7583 ( Worlds End
Former commercial wharves and associated on-shore industrial facilities along the Brisbane River are frequently redeveloped into residential and leisure facilities. While Hamilton Reach has seen a number of such re-developments e.g., Portside and Northshore Hamilton, unlike many other parts of the river, it has retained some commercial shipping ...
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