Brisbane

English-speaking cities

CPI Tino Grandío

2015

Antía Cabanas Barja – 3º ESO1

Location Brisbane is the capital of the Australian state of Queensland. It

is the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane is also called Sunshine State, because the weather is better than in other states.

The city is centred along the Brisbane River.

The greater Brisbane region is on the coastal plain east of the Great Dividing Range.

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Country

Australia is located in Oceania, it is divided into 6 states: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. Australia is the world’s sixth-largest country by total area.

Australia is the 52nd most populous country in the world. Thepopulation of Australia is estimated to be 23,817,500 inhabitants.

Australia has no official language, but the majority of the peopleuse Australian English in grammar and spelling. The most commonlanguage spoken is English (81% of the population), however, otherminorities speak Italian (1,9%), Greek (1,4%) and Spanish (0,5%)

Australia is a constitutional monarchy with a federal division of power. It uses a parliamentary system of government with Queen Elizabeth II. She’ s the Queen of 16 of the 53 member states in the Commonwealth of Nations. 3

Population Brisbane has 2,043 million inhabitants in 2014.

2% of Brisbane’s population were of indignous origin and 29.7% were born overseas, the three main countries birth were the United Kingdom, New Zealand and India.

The averageage in all the city is 35 years.

The majority of the populations spoke English, but about 18% of households spoke other lenguages. The most common lenguages are Mandarin, Vietnamese and Spanish.

Brisbane is a city with a diverse multicultural community. It has a lot of different religions inclugind catholic, hindu, mormon, islam, lutheran…

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Cultural aspectsAmong cultural places should be pointed:

Brisbane's City Hall Brisbane Botanic Gardens

and Museum (history museum) 5

Abbey Museum (of art and archeology)

The Queensland Cultural Centre is located at South Bank. It consists of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. The Queensland Museum, the State Library of Queensland, the Queensland Art Gallery and the Queensland Gallery of Modern art.

The State Library The Queensland Gallery of Queensland of Modern art.

Sport The city has certain facilities for sporting activities. Across the

city there are 20 public swimming pools, many kilometres of dedicated bikeways and other sports venues. Suncorp Stadium and the Brisbane Cricket Ground, known by the more popular name as The Gabba, are two of the largest venues in the city.

As Australia, in Brisbane is practiced surfing,

you can surf for example in Sunshine Coast,

Bribie, Moreton, and the Stradbroke Islands.

Other aquatic activities are dive or marine fishing. You can also go on a sailing trip.

Brisbane is the basis of a large amount of teams

in national competitions including the Brisbane Broncos

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Sport The most popular spectator sport in Brisbane is Rugby league.

Other popular sports include:

-Cricket

-Football (soccer)

-Australian rules football

-Rugby union

The martial arts are also popular in Brisbane.

The olympic sports of boxing, judo and taekwondo are more well known.

Celebrities

There aren't some knew celebrities who were born in Brisbane. Some examples are:

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Craig Horner Diane Cilento Jacinda Barret Kathryn Beck

Places to visit

If you go to Brisbane you should:

Take a day trip to Moreton Island for

kayaking or other activities in the river,

Moreton Island has many dunes to ride

With a sand tobogganing.

There, all you need to do is choose the

ideal camp spot or opt for a holiday home.

See a play, attend a workshop or see

a comedy night at Brisbane Powerhouse.

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Places to visit Go to alfresco restaurants and bars

at South Bank and Eagle Street Pier.

Visit the Lockyer Valley, it is

the largest Australia's food

bowl, all only one hour from

brisbane city. You can browse

the local markets for find homemade

desserts like jam and chutney.

Visit the Scenic Rim wich is World Heritage Listed GondwanaRainforest, right on Brisbane’s doorstep. You can walk around a waterfalls at Tamborine Mountain or join a guided bicycle tour. You also can pitch a tent by Lake Moogerah.

Things to doThings you can only experience in Brisbane:

Eat at street markets. Every Friday

and Saturday from 4pm to 10pm,

Brisbane's emerging street food

scene that makes the city

different than the others.

Each week, over 60 shipping

containers as mini restaurants

offer a selection of delicious international dishes, craft stores andlives bands playing.

Go to a beach in the middle of the city. The landscape cantransporting you to a paradise in the city because of the palmtrees, rocky creeks and subtropical and exotic plantings. 12

Things to do

You can have a look at

brisbane outdoor art gallery.

The Pillars Project has transformed

the area of South Brisbane railway

line into an outdoor art gallery.

You can feeding a family of dolphins

at Sunset. The dolphins visit the

island to be hand-fed.

Things to do

Take a Blackstar Coffee Roasters.

Cold Pressed Coffee is

iced coffee buy directly

from freshly roasted coffee,

served iced in a brown glass

beer bottle.

Cuddle a Koala.

Take a cruise to Lone Pine Sanctuary

where you can cuddle a koala.

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