Italy's Lavazza coffee began its export business in Australia around this time, a whole decade before chancing it in UK and US markets, while local outfits like Melbourne's Genovese and Grinders, and Brisbane's Merlo (Ann St, Brisbane) became household names.
Both sides have named unchanged line-ups for Saturday's final at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium.
The second Test will take place the following week on 2 June at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium.
The first Test, meanwhile, will take place at Brisbane's Gabba on Thursday, where wet conditions in the build-up have ensured low scores and plenty of results in early season domestic games.
Dr Keith McNeil, the ex-chief executive of Australia's north Brisbane health system, has taken over the running of Addenbrooke's and Rosie hospitals.
Meanwhile, defending champion Andy Murray moved into the semifinals of the Brisbane men's event with a 6-4 7-6 (7-3) win over Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin on Friday.
Meanwhile, Gilles Simon continued his preparations for the first Grand Slam of 2013, which is held in Melbourne between 14 and 27 January, by reaching the Brisbane International's second round.
Sharapova was also forced to pull out of last year's Brisbane tournament, but went on to reach the final of the Australian Open, where she was beaten by Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
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And as Queensland and Northern NSW's coffee industry grows, expect Brisbane and Byron Bay's roasters to be proudly using local beans too.
In Brisbane, Queensland's capital, Liberal voters seem to have ditched the party in protest.
Flash floods hit the Lockyer valley area west of Brisbane on 10 January, before flood waters moved to Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city.
Kvitova, who was also knocked out early on at Brisbane by Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, admits she's suffering from a lack of confidence.
Mr Corrigan's victory over the unions in the docks war led to a four-fold increase in productivity per worker at Patrick's freight terminals in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, the three eastern ports that handle the bulk of Australia's trade.
The result ends Fiji's memorable run while Australia will now rest their bruised bodies ahead of Saturday's final in Brisbane.
The first trial of the pink ball, at a women's match in Brisbane in January between Queensland and Western Australia, was deemed a success.
In the accompanying men's tournament in Brisbane, top seed Andy Roddick cruised into the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International with a 7-6 6-3 win over Australian Carsten Ball.
Ponting missed Wednesday's opening defeat by Sri Lanka to attend his grandmother's funeral and will also skip Sunday's match in Brisbane to return to Tasmania and prepare for a domestic Sheffield Shield match.
Following Steve Harmison's wide to second slip at Brisbane in 2006, and his contrastingly ferocious burst 17 months at Lord's earlier, this was a more mundane opening, and the capacity crowd of 16, 000 did not seem to lap it up.
Having finally arrived to a warm fanfare in Australia's east-coast city of Brisbane, Domjan relates that his greatest pleasures on dry land are simply a good meal and a decent night's sleep.
The next show on the group's Australian tour, in Brisbane on Tuesday, is still scheduled, he said.
But he now takes Greg Chappell's role to head up the Brisbane facility that has replaced the Australia academy.
Shahzad suffered a hamstring injury during Sunday's 51-run defeat in Brisbane, which saw England lose the series, while Tremlett did not take his place due to a slight side strain.
For-profit centers now have 70% of the market, versus 40% in the U.S. Groves, who bought the Brisbane Bullets basketball team in 1999, took ABC public in 2001 and expanded by buying up competitors.
The Surrey left-hander came back from a similar slump in the build-up to last year's tour of Australia to hit 116 at Brisbane but doubts remain over his suitability to open the attack when England meet South Africa in the First Test.
He smashed seven boundaries and two sixes on an uncharacteristically sluggish pitch in Brisbane, but finding support at the non-striker's end proved more difficult.
Brian's daughter Susan married an Aussie and settled in Brisbane.
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After all, it was the Australian who played an integral role in arranging the biggest day in the club's history in February - a prestigious friendly against Brisbane Broncos.
But, with England's four bowlers for the Test match already acclimatising to Brisbane conditions, Bresnan picked up the mantle for the second string.
England's first Test against Australia is on 25 November in Brisbane.
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