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Satellite image of the Brisbane Metropolitan Area. Centred on the City of Brisbane, it captures from the Redcliffe Peninsula in the north, D'Aguilar National Park to the west, east to Moreton and Stradbroke Islands, and Logan City in the south. Brisbane Central Business District seen from Mount Coot-tha Lookout This is a list of the almost 450 suburbs in the Brisbane metropolis, Queensland ...
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.
Fairfield is located 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) south of the Brisbane CBD on the Brisbane River.The suburb is mainly residential with house and unit accommodation. Fairfield is bounded to the north by the South Brisbane Cemetery, to the east by the Beenleigh railway line, to the south by Venner Road and to the west by the median of the Brisbane River.
Kangaroo Point is located directly east across the Brisbane River from the Brisbane central business district, but being on the south side of the river is normally regarded as a southern suburb. Kangaroo Point is located on a peninsula formed of harder rhyolite rock which the Brisbane River flows around.
South Brisbane is also served by the new Brisbane South State Secondary College, a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls in neighbouring Dutton Park to the south. [107] The 2021 initial intake was Year 7 students only, with each successive calendar year extending the range of school years on offer until 2026 when the full Years ...
The estate covers an area now in East Brisbane, including Fisher, Longlands and Norman Street. [11] [12] In 1886, blocks of land were advertised as East Woolloongabba to be auctioned on 6 November 1886 by Arthur Martin & Co. auctioneers. [13] [14] Brisbane East State School opened on 10 July 1899. It was later renamed East Brisbane State School ...
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
The suburb is bounded to the north-east by Cubberla Creek, to the south-east by the Centenary Highway, to the south by the Brisbane River and to the west by Moggill Creek. [5] Mosquito Island is a 2.2-hectare (5.4-acre) island in the Brisbane River in the south of the suburb (), but there is no longer a channel separating it from the mainland ...