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Brisbane, Queensland
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Brisbane
Brisbane
is the
capital
and most populous city in the
Australian state
of
Queensland
, and the
third most populous city
in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of 2.3 million, and the
South East Queensland
urban conurbation
, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.4 million. The
Brisbane central business district
stands on the
original European settlement
and is situated inside a
bend
of the
Brisbane River
, about from its mouth at
Moreton Bay
. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the
floodplain
of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the
Great Dividing Range
, sprawling across several of Australia's most populous
local government areas
(LGAs), most centrally the
City of Brisbane
, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation. The
demonym
of Brisbane is Brisbanite.
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