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The North Queensland region is a coastal region centred on the city of Townsville and secondary inland city of Mount Isa. Townsville is the location of a major seaport handling exports from mines in Mount Isa and cattle exports from coastal and inland areas. The region also contains a bulk sugar exporting terminal at Lucinda in the
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland.Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its tropical northern part has been historically remote and undeveloped, resulting in a distinctive regional character and identity.
Far North Queensland lays claim to over 70 national parks, including Mount Bartle Frere; with a peak of 1,622 metres (5,322 ft) it is the highest peak in both Northern Australia and Queensland. The Far North region is the only region of Australia that is the indigenous country of both Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders.
Far North Queensland: 1989 2,004: 907 910 Northern Peninsula Area Region: Bamaga: Far North Queensland: 2008 1,052: 2,886 2,896 Aboriginal Shire of Pormpuraaw: Pormpuraaw: Far North Queensland: 1987 4,395: 632 633 Tablelands Region: Malanda: Far North Queensland: 2008 11,293: 26,488 26,844 The Tablelands Region was created from the 15 March ...
Far North Queensland on the state's extreme northern coastline along the Cape York Peninsula, which includes tropical rainforest, the state's highest mountain, Mount Bartle Frere, the Atherton Tablelands pastoral region (dominated by sugar cane and tropical fruits), the most visited section of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the city of Cairns.
The Mackay Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas with modern histories extending back as far as 1869. It has an estimated operating budget of A$118 million.
The North Queensland region extends as far north (from Townsville) as Hinchinbrook Island, and as far south as the Whitsundays. Subcategories This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.
The above generalisations, however, mask the immense variability of the climate throughout the whole region. With the exception of the extreme north of the Northern Territory, rainfall variability throughout Northern Australia is quite markedly higher than most comparable climates in other continents. [5]