Then in the early 1980s there were major changes in the Australian brewing industry, including the merger of Castlemaine ( Brisbane ), Swan ( Perth ) and Toohey's ( Sydney ) into a national brewing group, as a result of acquisitions by Perth entrepreneur Alan Bond.

A similar path was pursued by the Bee Gees, formed in Brisbane, but whose first album Bee Gees ' 1st ( 1967 ), recorded in London, gave them three major hit singles and contained folk, rock and psychedelic elements, heavily influenced by the Beatles.

During this period Port Moresby, especially its " villages ", fell into disrepair as the Fifth Air Force under General George Kenney " pushed his bomber line forward 1800 miles " rapidly establishing no less than five air bases around the sparsely populated town, and troops from a variety of nations under MacArthurs ' direction transited through the vicinity ; which became a major allied staging base feeding men and material forward from Brisbane, Australia which lies 1, 800 miles across the Coral Sea and about six hours away by B-17 bomber or C-47 transport.

In October 2008, The Vines commenced a national Australian tour in support of Melodia, playing small venues across major cities throughout Australia, including The Metro Theatre ( Sydney ), ANU Bar ( Canberra ), The HiFi Bar ( Melbourne ), The Great Northern Bar ( Byron Bay ), The Tivoli ( Brisbane ), The Governor Hindmarsh ( Adelaide ), and The Rosemount Hotel ( Perth ).

Metropolitan Brisbane is serviced by all major and most minor telecommunications companies and their networks.

The main campus is located in the suburb of St Lucia, southwest of the Brisbane City Central Business District, with other major campuses in Gatton, Ipswich and Herston with a number of other satellite facilities.

The Kingsford Smith Memorial, Brisbane, housing the Southern Cross ( aircraft ) | Southern CrossThe major airport of Sydney, located in the suburb of Mascot was named Kingsford Smith International Airport in his honour.

Traffic during peak hours in major Australian cities, such as Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, is usually very congested and can cause considerable delay for motorists.

The major race club, the Queensland Turf Club ( QTC ), was formed in 1863, followed by the Brisbane Amateur Turf Club ( BATC ) in 1923.

Populations of bull sharks are also found in several major rivers, with more than 500 bull sharks thought to be living in the Brisbane River.

The event achieved both its economic aims and very good attendances, was successfully used to promote Queensland as a tourist destination and it spurred a major re-development at the South Brisbane site.

Melbourne's Mix 101. 1 is part of the Mix Network with sister stations in other major Australian cities-Mix 106. 5 Sydney, 97. 3 FM Brisbane, Mix 102. 3 Adelaide and Mix 106. 3 Canberra.

With the emergence of the Brisbane underground scene in the early 1990s major labels, such as Warner Music, generated interest in increasing its Australian music roster.

In 1990 it became an Australasian business when it established a major presence in Australia by securing management control of Bond Corporation ’ s brewing assets, including the Tooheys Brewery in Sydney and Castlemaine Perkins in Brisbane.

Many intercity and interstate coach operators also operate daily bus services to Brisbane using the major corridors.

The New England Highway forms the major part of the Sydney – Brisbane national highway route.

Whilst, as a national highway, the New England Highway is part of the official major route between Sydney and Brisbane, most traffic uses the parallel Pacific Highway.

The terminal grew to become a major goods yard for Brisbane and, between 1911 and 1934, the area was extensively redeveloped to support its increase in services.

This gap has made Wallangarra the major inland border crossing for the New England Highway and what was the first railway line between Brisbane and Sydney.

Roma Street is a major railway station in the Brisbane central business district, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.

Mackay is well situated to become a major service centre for the marine industry, being in immediate proximity to the Whitsundays, and located halfway between Brisbane and Cairns.

Sandgate Road, a major road on the north side of Brisbane, runs through the middle of the suburb.

Commercial television is dominated by three major metropolitan-based networks, the Seven Network and Network Ten, which own stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, the Nine Network which owns stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Darwin with affiliates in Adelaide and Perth.

In south Queensland the " Bulimba cup " competition between Toowoomba, Brisbane and Ipswich teams was the major competition in Queensland rugby league well into the 1970s.

Air Niugini and Airlines PNG both conduct regular domestic and international services from the airport, while Virgin Australia flies to Brisbane.

Jacksons has international flights to Brisbane, Cairns, Sydney, Honiara, Nadi, Manila, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

The university has three Australian campuses, located in Townsville, Brisbane and Cairns respectively, and an international campus in Singapore.

Queenstown has an international airport with flights from Australia by Air New Zealand, Qantas, Virgin Australia and Jetstar and in particular, from Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney ( the frequency is much increased over the ski season and during summer ).

Based in Brisbane, it has about 40, 000 students, including 6, 000 international students, with over 4, 000 staff members, and an annual budget of more than A $ 750 million.

Moreton Bay is generally shallow and sandy, though a substantive channel is maintained to allow access to the Port of Brisbane at Fisherman Islands at the mouth of the Brisbane River, for international shipping.

With federal representation, at the December 1983 BIE General Assembly, Brisbane won the right to hold the 1988 World Exposition, as a specialised international exposition.

The beginning of the 2005 Super League season saw the club make its highest-profile signing in fifty years when Australian centre Michael De Vere signed from the Brisbane Broncos, becoming the club's first Australian international player since Pat Devery in the 1950s.

An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative winger or fullback of the 1970s, he also worked as a Queensland Police officer before becoming a Brisbane Rugby League premiership-winning coach, and in the 1980s earned selection as Queensland's State of Origin coach.

Bennett with the Telstra Premiership trophy at post 2006 NRL Grand Final celebrations in Brisbane. Bennett is a passionate advocate of international Rugby League, and was instrumental in the revival of the Tri-Nations series in 2004.

Confluence witnesses participation from international business schools like the Harvard Business School, Rotterdam School of Management, Tuck School of Business, Haas School of Business, Stern School of Business, National University of Singapore, Brisbane Graduate School of Business, China Europe International Business School and Asian Institute of Technology.

The World Indoor Cricket Federation, which has its headquarters in Brisbane is the international governing body of cricket.

He scored his debut international try against Samoa in Brisbane in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, after he was called into the South African squad as a late replacement.

Polynesian Airlines previously serviced the following international destinations: Auckland and Wellington in New Zealand ; Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in Australia ; Rarotonga in the Cook Islands ; Papeete in French Polynesia ; and Honolulu and Los Angeles in the United States on a code share basis with Air New Zealand and in its own right with leased Boeing 767s – an operation that bankrupted the airline.

The railway station is directly connected to level 3 of the Brisbane Airport's international terminal by a covered elevated footbridge.

At present there are five campuses located within Central Queensland ( Rockhampton, Mackay, Gladstone, Bundaberg and Emerald ), campuses in Noosa and the Gold Coast in South East Queensland, capital city campuses in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne which cater to a mix of international and domestic students, a study centre in Cairns, a research site in Adelaide, South Australia and a delivery site in Geraldton, Western Australia.

During their Brisbane years they supported many international acts including Stereolab, Bikini Kill and Pavement.

These four athletes not only represented Zisco and the Midlands, but also represented Zimbabwe at many international competitions including the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.

Services to Brisbane from Auckland and Christchurch followed in 1959 ; and Wellington resumed international service, at first only to Sydney, in 1960.

Air Paradise operated services to the following international scheduled destinations ( at January 2005 ): Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Osaka, Perth, Seoul and Sydney.

The band visited Brisbane again in October, 2000 to participate in the Brisbane Festival 2000 international Military tattoo.

Brian Smith of Brisbane, elected President of the Executive of the Fraternity, called the declaration the most significant event in the history of the charismatic renewal since the 1975 Holy Year international conference and the acknowledgment it received from Pope Paul VI at that time, saying ' It is the first time that the Renewal has had formal, canonical recognition by the Vatican.

On several projects, HOK Sport had teamed with international design practice LOBB Partnership, which maintained offices in London, England, and Brisbane, Australia.