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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.
One of the oldest living cultures, [4] dating back to the earliest human occupation of the continent around 50,000 years ago, [5] the Kuku Yalanji began to have their homeland occupied extensively by European colonisers in 1877, after the Australian government opened up this area to selection, [6] and as miners crowded into the area, where the Palmer River Gold Rush had been underway since ...
Category: People by region in Queensland. 1 language. ... People from Far North Queensland (9 C, 30 P) N. People from North Queensland (10 C, 19 P)
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.
Articles dealing with the North Queensland region of Australia (Townsville and region etc), excludes Far North Queensland (Cairns and region etc).. Queensland portal; The North Queensland region extends as far north (from Townsville) as Hinchinbrook Island, and as far south as the Whitsundays.
North Queensland (16 C, 133 P) North West Queensland (5 C, 126 P) S. ... Pages in category "Regions of Queensland" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of ...
Queensland politician and solicitor. Sat in the Queensland Parliament from 1888 until 1893. In 1864, Jones established what is now Queensland's oldest law firm, Rees R & Sydney Jones. [84] Henry Kellow: 1881–1935 Scottish-born Australian literary critic, author and teacher. Long serving headmaster at the Rockhampton Boys Grammar School. [85] [86]