Brisbane was an electoral district, located in the

colony of New South Wales The Colony of New South Wales was a colony of the British Empire from 1788 to 1901, when it became a State of the Commonwealth of Australia. At its greatest extent, the colony of New South Wales included the present-day Australian states of New ...

, Australia, and part of the

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. It was created for the July 1859 election, partly replacing Stanley Boroughs and including the settlement of

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

. It was abolished in December 1859 as a result of the

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Members for Brisbane

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

1859

References

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