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Such regions in Queensland include: Tropical Queensland – the area of the state north of latitude 23.5 degrees South. Tropical North Queensland – an area of tropical Queensland that usually includes Far North Queensland, and sometimes also North Queensland. The Outback – refers generally to Australian arid inland regions.
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: 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 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.
See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Western Australia regions map. [8] The Western Australian system of regions defined by the Government of Western Australia for purposes of economic development administration, which excludes the Perth metropolitan area, is a series of nine regions. The nine defined regions are: Gascoyne; Goldfields–Esperance
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 unofficial geographic term Northern Australia includes those parts of Queensland and Western Australia north of latitude 26° and all of the Northern Territory. [citation needed] Those local government areas of Western Australia and Queensland that lie partially in the north are included.
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.