Brisbane, Thomas MacDougall

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• Brisbane — Este artículo trata sobre la ciudad de Brisbane. Para saber más sobre el río, véase Río Brisbane Brisbane es una de las ciudades más grandes de Australia. Es la capital del estado de Queensland, en el noreste del país y tiene 1.730.000 habitantes …   Enciclopedia Universal

• BRISBANE, SIR THOMAS MACDOUGALL —    British general, a man of science and an astronomer, born near Largs, Ayrshire; saw service as a soldier; was appointed governor of New South Wales to the profit of the colony; gave name to the capital of Queensland; catalogued over 7000… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Brisbane — The Australian city of Brisbane is named after Admiral Sir Charles Brisbane (1769 1829), but this was many centuries after the creation of the surname. Of pre medieval Anglo Scottish origins, it has a particulary interesting history. The… …   Surnames reference

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