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Brisbane CBD Brisbane, Queensland
A map of the Brisbane central business district located on a peninsula on the northern bank of the Brisbane River.
Population:	2,327 (2004) [2]
Postcode:	4000
Area:	0.7 km² (0.3 sq mi)
LGA:	Brisbane City Council, Central Ward [1]
State District:	Brisbane Central
Federal Division:	Brisbane
Suburbs around Brisbane CBD: Paddington and Red Hill Spring Hill Fortitude Valley Milton Brisbane CBD New Farm South Brisbane South Brisbane Kangaroo Point

The Brisbane central business district (CBD), or 'the City' is located on a peninsula on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. The triangular shaped peninsula is bounded by the Brisbane River to the east, south and west. The peninsula slopes upward to the north-west where 'the city' is bounded by parkland and the inner city suburb of Spring Hill. The City is bounded by the north-east by the suburb of Fortitude Valley.

The City is laid out according to a grid pattern surveyed during the city's early colonial days, a feature typical of most Australian street patterns. As a general rule, the streets aligned northwest-south east are named after male members of the House of Hanover, while the northeast-south west aligned streets are named after female members. Queen Street is the central roadway. It forms the pivotal axis for the grid of roads within the district.

• Brisbane central business district is at coordinates 27°27′45″S 153°01′28″E / -27.46251, 153.02432Coordinates: 27°27′45″S 153°01′28″E / -27.46251, 153.02432

Petrie Terrace is a locality and major thoroughfare. It is located approximately 2km north-west of the Brisbane General Post Office. It is dominated by Roma Street Station and the adjacent Roma Street Parkland. Suncorp Stadium is nearby. Petrie Terrace State School, founded in 1868, ^[3] and with 230 students in 2006, is found in Paddington.

• Brisbane central business district is at coordinates 27°28′01″S 153°01′01″E / -27.467, 153.017Coordinates: 27°28′01″S 153°01′01″E / -27.467, 153.017

Brisbane by night from the southern bank of the Brisbane River, looking from east to west.

Brisbane looking north-east from the river

Brisbane looking south-west from the river

The City contains many tall office buildings occupied by corporations and government departments. The areas around the Queen Street Mall and Adelaide Street is primarily a retail precinct. A legal precinct exists around the various court buildings located around the intersections of George Street and Adelaide and Ann Streets. A financial district is forming in the area around Eagle Street, known locally as The Golden Triangle.

The Southern end of the Peninsula is the location of Queensland's Parliament House, the Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus and the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens.

By Road, three road bridges connect the CBD with the southern bank of the Brisbane River: the Captain Cook Bridge, the Victoria Bridge, and the William Jolly Bridge. The Story Bridge connects Fortitude Valley with Kangaroo Point and provides access to the city from the southern bank. The Captain Cook Bridge connects the Pacific Motorway, south of the river, with the Riverside Expressway which runs along the south western edge of the City.

By Bicycle, the Goodwill Bridge allows cross river access to South Bank.

Petrie-Terrace Brisbane 1858-1988 - Its ups and downs, R. Fisher, Boolarong1988 ISBN 0 86439 050 5

• BRISbites: Suburban Sites (History)