Sir Thomas Brisbane was the 6th Governor of New South Wales (1821 - 1825). He was originally from Scotland and he was a keen astronomer. When the Brisbane River was named (after Sir Thomas), Queensland was not yet a self-governing colony, and was under the governance of NSW.
Wikipedia states:
"In 1823 Brisbane sent Lieutenant John Oxley to find a new site for convicts who were repeat offenders. Oxley discovered a large river flowing into Moreton Bay. A year later, the first convicts arrived at Moreton Bay. Brisbane visited the settlement in December 1824. Oxley suggested that both the river and the settlement be named after Brisbane. The convict settlement was declared a town in 1834 and opened to free settlement in 1839."
- Brisbane, a crater on the Moon.
- Brisbane River and the city of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. (The city of Brisbane, California may in turn have been named after Brisbane, Queensland, but the derivation is disputed.)
- Brisbane Street, Greenock
- Brisbane Water, an estuary on the Central Coast of New South Wales.
- Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, located in Brisbane, Queensland.
- Noddsdale, the valley near Largs where his birthplace Brisbane House was situated, was renamed Brisbane Glen in his honour.
- Isabella Plains, a suburb in Canberra, named in honour of Isabella Brisbane, a daughter of Sir Thomas.
- Brisbane House Hotel in Largs, a town located by the sea in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
- Thomas Makdougall Brisbane bridge in Largs
- Makdougall Brisbane prize of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
