2018
NS2061 : Brisbane House Wine Cellar - Largs
taken 6 years ago, near to Middleton, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Brisbane House Wine Cellar - Largs
The Wine cellar at the ruins of Brisbane House.
Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane was born at Brisbane House, on 23 July,1773, the son of Sir Thomas Brisbane and Dame Eleanora Brisbane. He was educated in astronomy and mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He died on 27 January,1860.
He became Governor of New South Wales in 1821 and remained there until he returned to Scotland in December 1825. A convict settlement and river was named after him, and became today’s City of Brisbane and River Brisbane.
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