Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland, the Sunshine State – where tropical paradise meets urban living. Brisbane has a great sub-tropical climate all year round and we're lucky to see the sun over half of the year!
Journey from Australia's most iconic city along the stunning New South Wales coast to Brisbane, the laidback capital of Queensland, the Sunshine State.
Popular nicknames for the city include "Brissie", "Brisvegas", and the "River City". A historic nickname for Brisbane was "Queen City". Brisbane sits on land known also as Meanjin, the name used in the Turrbal language of one group of traditional owners.
Nicknamed the Sunshine State for its tropical and sub-tropical climates, Great Barrier Reef, and numerous beaches, tourism is also important to the state's economy.
Queensland is Australia's second largest state. Commonly called the “Sunshine State”, it boasts a warm climate, tropical beaches, World Heritage rainforests, a portion of the outback, the Great Barrier Reef, cozy beach communities and Brisbane, the third largest city in Australia.
Western Australia earns the title of sunniest state on the continent due to its size and location. Perth has the most peak sunlight hours at 3,200 hours annually.
The name Noosa came from the Aboriginal word meaning "shadows" or "shade". This is most probably a reference to the relief the tall forests of the area offered from the sun. The Kabi tribe had been visiting the Noosa area for 40 000 years before Europeans first arrived in the 1800s.
Colloquial names for Australia include "Oz" and "the Land Down Under" (usually shortened to just "Down Under"). Other epithets include "the Great Southern Land", "the Lucky Country", "the Sunburnt Country", and "the Wide Brown Land".
The votes are in – with Amelia and Oliver crowned Queensland's most popular baby names for 2022. Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman said the data identified trends in naming conventions over the past 167 years.
Bundaberg is Chundaberg. Cairns is Canes and Kansas. Caloundra is Clowntown.
In addition to being the third most populous city in Australia, Brisbane is the largest of Australia's six capital cities by geographic area and the third largest in the world, occupying some 1,140 km2.
The Turrbal and Yuggera peoples have lived in this area for more than 32,000 years and their ancestors go back more than 60,000 years. The Turrbal and Jagera people speak Yuggera and their name for Brisbane is Meanjin.
North from Sydney on the east coast, Brisbane is a laid-back city that averages 283 sunny days per year. With a population of just over 2.2 million, it's less than half the size of Sydney.
There are also a number of terms for Australia, such as: Aussie, Oz, Lucky Country, and land of the long weekend. Names for regions include: dead heart, top end, the mallee, and the mulga. The appeal was publicised through broadcast media and generated nationwide interest.
Christianity (43.9%) No religion (38.9%) Islam (3.2%)
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The Premier State.
Topping off the list of the most expensive suburbs in Queensland is Teneriffe. Northeast of Brisbane CBD, Teneriffe is located 2.5 kilometres away. This suburb was once an industrial area. It underwent gentrification to become one of the finest suburbs in Queensland.
After a brief stint in second place, Charlotte ascends to reclaim Australia's most popular girl's name. Oliver tops the most popular boys name in Australia for the tenth year in a row. Oliver is also the most popular name overall – the only name to occur over 2,000 times in 2022.
Popular names in Australia in 2022 are led by Charlotte and Oliver in the Number 1 spots. At first glance, the Australian Top 100 looks a lot like the popularity charts from England and US.
After Dutch navigators charted the northern, western and southern coasts of Australia during the 17th Century this newly found continent became known as 'New Holland'. It was the English explorer Matthew Flinders who suggested the name we use today.
There is no one Aboriginal word that all Aborigines use for Australia; however, today they call Australia, ""Australia"" because that is what it is called today. There are more than 250 aboriginal tribes in Australia. Most of them didn't have a word for ""Australia""; they just named places around them.
It is widely accepted that the name Noosa comes from the local Aboriginal word "Noothera" or "Gnuthuru", in the Kabi Kabi language, for shadow or shady place.
Noosa is home to the Kabi Kabi people whose land stretches roughly 100km south and 150km north of Noosa.
In November 2014, Advent International, a New York-based global private equity firm, acquired Noosa for an undisclosed sum, with the cofounders retaining a “significant minority stake.” The following January, Advent appointed a new CEO, Frank Higgins, the former president and CEO of Nestle USA Prepared Foods and Baking ...