BRISBANE

BRISBANE, formerly capital of Queensland, now Australia, on the Brisbane River, 25 m. from the sea, 500 m. N. of Sydney, is the chief trading centre and seaport of the Country; it has steam communication with Australian ports and London, and railway communication with Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide; prosperity began when, as a British colony, it was opened to free settlement in 1842; it was dissociated from New South Wales and the city incorporated in 1859.