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Brisbane
(briz′bān′, -bən)
capital of Queensland, Australia; seaport on the E coast: pop. 1,455,000
See Brisbane in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A city of eastern Australia on the Brisbane River, about 346 km (215 mi) long, near its mouth on Moreton Bay, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. The area was settled in 1824 as a penal colony. Population: 1,760,000.
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