As the capital of Queensland, Australia’s second largest state, Brisbane is a vibrant and booming city with a history that spans centuries. Its growth and development has been shaped by the Brisbane River which winds its way across the region in a series of bends.
European settlers in the early 19th century founded a colony by displacing the region’s native inhabitants from a riverside area that is now occupied by the city’s business district.
A few decades later, a gold rush in the hinterlands of Queensland prompted an enormous inflow of wealth into Brisbane and it was during this period that many of the city’s landmark architectural pieces were built.
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