Brisbane, Australia
Conference Dates: November 12-13, 2019
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Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane is the most populous and capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. It is third most populous city in Australia. The metropolitan area sprawls across several of Australia's most populous local regime areas, including the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation. The City offers a revelation in every direction. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of 2.24 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centered on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the pristine European settlement and is situated inside a bend of the Brisbane River, approximately 15 kilometers (9 miles) from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area elongates in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range. The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite. Brisbane is denominated after the Brisbane River on which it is located, which in turn was denominated after Scotsman Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Governor of Incipient South Wales from 1821 to 1825. The first European settlement in Queensland was a penal colony at Radcliffe, 28 kilometers (17 mi) north of the central business district, which was founded in 1824. That settlement was anon forsook and peregrinate to North Quay in 1825. Free settlers were sanctioned from 1842. Brisbane was culled as the capital when Queensland was proclaimed a separate colony from Incipient South Wales in 1859.. Home to over 1000 stores, including the most immensely colossal range of flagship boutiques in Queensland, it is the state’s premier shopping destination. The Brisbane CBD is additionally a food and drink lover’s paradise, with everything from burger joints and riverside bistros, to laneway bars and obnubilated cafes, as well as the most Good Food Guide-awarded venues in Queensland. Besides shopping and eating there’s the City Sounds free music program, countless events, a cinema, a casino, parks, galleries, performance spaces and even a bowling alley.
