The life and times of Sir Thomas Brisbane in 10 concise and over-simplified bullet points:*Lived: 1773-1860
*Born: Ayrshire, Scotland
*Went through the ranks in the British Army
*Became govenor of New South Wales
*Sent a scout north in 1823 to find a settlement for convicts
*Et voila! Our beautiful big river flowing into Moreton Bay! Perfecto!
*The settlement was named in his honour
*In 1839 it was opened to free settlement
*Brisbane wasn't around for that as he'd gone back to Scotland in 1825
*He was a keen astronomer, publishing a book of stars and establishing an observatory in Parramatta, Sydney
*Died: Ayrshire, Scotland
5 comments:
Well there ya go! Would that all historical lives were dot-pointed!
your comment at my place cracked me up!
You learn something every day.
Very interesting.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
And it's one of those historical oddities that the Queensland capital is named after the Gov of NSW. The state of Queensland didn't exist at the time - Brisbane was in NSW.
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