The planetarium sir Thomas Brisbane is located on the territory of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in the suburb Toowong 5 km from downtown. It was officially opened on 24 may 1978 and was named after sir Thomas Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales in the years 1821-1825, the famous astronomer and Explorer of the southern sky.

Sir Thomas Brisbane called "the Creator of a systematic science in Australia".

When in 1821 he became Governor of New South Wales, he founded the astronomical Observatory at PARRAMATTA, where two assistants were engaged in observations. The result was published in "the Brisbane catalogue of stars, which included a list of 7385 stars, not marked on the map of the southern sky. A copy of this directory is stored in the Planetarium today. After Thomas Brisbane returned to England, the Observatory, not having official support, was closed in 1847. During his short stay in Australia Governor Brisbane has made several significant discoveries in the southern hemisphere sky, for now that his name has been called a planetarium and a crater on the moon.

In the Planetarium you can see many of the latest devices for studying distant stars: 12, 5 meter HT, with the newly enhanced digital projection system at the dome (with the latest technology! ); and the Observatory with a permanent 15-cm refractor Zeiss and telescope Schmidt-Cassegrain; and a huge photo displays and layouts in the foyer and gallery, including photos of the "moon landing" in 1969, a model of the space Shuttle, on the evidence of the expedition to Mars, as well as news from the Institute of space research with the help of a telescope.

In the Planetarium hosts regular lectures for visitors and school groups, joint observations at the Observatory, and sometimes night "vigils".

In the gift shop Planetarium you can buy books on astronomy and space exploration (both for adults and for children), a planisphere (star map) for southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales, models of the solar system and space Shuttle.