Trans Australia Airlines Flight 408
The Trans-Australian Airlines hijacking was Australia's first aircraft hijacking.
Brisbane /ˈbrɪzbən/ is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of 2.3 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.4 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the original European settlement and is situated inside a bend of the Brisbane River, about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range. The metropolitan area sprawls across several of Australia's most populous local government areas (LGA), including the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation.
Population: 2,189,878
Latitude: -27° 28' 4.58" S
Longitude: 153° 01' 41.12" E
The Trans-Australian Airlines hijacking was Australia's first aircraft hijacking.
Thornlands is a residential suburb located approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) east-south-east of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and is part of the Redland City local government area.
Taigum (formerly Tighgum) /taɪ.ɡəm/TY-gəm is a northern suburb of the City of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It is about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of the CBD.
St Margaret's Anglican Girls School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in Ascot, an inner-northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Shorncliffe is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is situated northeast of Brisbane and is the neighbouring suburb of Sandgate. The suburb comes under the jurisdiction of the Brisbane City Council.
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Radio TAB is operated by TattsGroup, which operates the Totalisator Agency Boards based in Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Northern Territory.
Queensland Tennis Centre, known during its development as the Tennyson Tennis Centre, is a tennis venue in Tennyson, Brisbane, Australia.
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Morningside railway station is located on the Cleveland line in Queensland, Australia.
McDowall is a northern suburb within the city of Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia.
Macgregor is a suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its postal code is 4109. It is in the Australian Federal electorate of Moreton and its current member is the Honourable Mr Graham Perrett MP. Most of Macgregor is in the Queensland state elec…
Logan Hyperdome Shopping Centre in Shailer Park, Queensland, is the largest shopping centre in Logan City and one of the largest single story shopping centres in Australia.
Lawnton is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. The origin of the suburb name is from an early property owner, the blacksmith Stephen Lawn.
Kuraby is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Kenmore State High School, is a secondary education institution in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with 1,620 students from grades 8 through to 12 in 2012. The school was opened in 1972 and had its 40th anniversary in 2012. In 2015, a grade seven c…
The Hornibrook Bridge was a privately funded toll bridge, the first of three bridges to cross Bramble Bay, Queensland, Australia. The second is the publicly funded (non tolled) Houghton Highway bridge, which was built with the intention of duplicati…