Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium is located in the Botanical Garden in the Brisbane suburb of Tuvong 5 km from downtown. It was officially opened on May 24, 1978 and was named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Governor of New South Wales in 1821-1825, the famous astronomer and researcher of the southern sky.

Sir Thomas Brisbane referred to as "the creator of systematic science in Australia."

When in 1821 he became governor of New South Wales, he founded the astronomical observatory at Parramatta, where two assistants doing observations. The result was published "Brisbane catalog of stars", which included a list of 7385 stars are not mapped the southern sky. A copy of this directory is kept in the Planetarium. After Thomas Brisbane returned to England, the observatory is not received official support, it was closed in 1847. During his short stay in Brisbane Australia Governor he made a number of significant discoveries in the skies of the Southern Hemisphere, for which today was named after him Planetarium and a crater on the moon.

The Planetarium can see a lot of new tools for the study of distant stars and is 12, 5 meter hemisphere with recent advanced digital projection system on the dome (the latest technology!); and an observatory with a permanent 15-cm Zeiss refractor and Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope; and huge photo displays and layouts in the foyer and gallery, including photos "moon landing" in 1969, a model of the space shuttle, the evidence of the expedition to Mars, as well as a news feed from the Institute of space research with a telescope.

The Planetarium hosts regular lectures for visitors and school groups, joint observation at the observatory, and sometimes at night "vigil".

At the Planetarium gift shop you can buy books on astronomy and space research (for both adults and children), planisphere (star map) to southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, models of the solar system and space shuttles.