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Queensland (locally /ˈkwiːnzlænd/ KWEENZ-land, commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in north-eastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and the Pacific Ocean; to its north is the Torres Strait, separating the Australian mainland from Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north-west. With an area of 1,723,030 square kilometres (665,270 sq mi), Queensland is the world's sixth-largest subnational entity; it is larger than all but 16 countries. Due to its size, Queensland's geographical features and climates are diverse, including tropical rainforests, rivers, coral reefs, mountain ranges and sandy beaches in its tropical and sub-tropical coastal regions, as well as deserts and savanna in the semi-arid and desert climatic regions of its interior.

Queensland has a population of over 5.3 million, concentrated along the east coast, particularly in South East Queensland. The capital and largest city in the state is Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city. Ten of Australia's thirty largest cities are located in Queensland, the largest outside Brisbane being the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Cairns, Ipswich, and Toowoomba. 28.9% of the state's population were immigrants. (Full article...)

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Palm Island, also known by the Aboriginal name Bukaman, is a tropical island with a resident community of about 2,000 people. The settlement is named variously Palm Island, the Mission, Palm Island Settlement or Palm Community. The island is situated 65 kilometres north-west of Townsville, on the east coast of Queensland, Australia 800 kilometres north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It is the main island of the Greater Palm group, and consists of small bays, sandy beaches and steep forested mountains rising to a peak of 548 metres. Neighbouring islands outside the Palm group include Rattlesnake Island and Magnetic Island.

Palm Island is often termed a classic "tropical paradise" given its natural endowments, but it has had a troubled history since the European settlement of Australia. For much of the twentieth century it was used by the Queensland Government as a settlement for Aboriginals considered guilty of such infractions as being "disruptive", being pregnant to a white man or being born with "mixed blood".

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  • Government House, seat of the Governor (from Queensland)
  • Passenger train at Oxley railway station on the Ipswich/Rosewood line within the Queensland Rail City network (from Queensland)
  • Skyline of the Brisbane central business district. Brisbane is a global city and the state's largest economic hub. (from Queensland)
  • Cargo ships at the Port of Gladstone, Queensland's largest commodity seaport (from Queensland)
  • Gold mine at Ravenswood in North Queensland. Mining is one of the state's major industries (from Queensland)
  • Noosa Heads on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland's third largest city and a major tourist destination (from Queensland)
  • Commonly designated regions of Queensland, with Central Queensland divided into Mackay and Fitzroy subregions (from Queensland)
  • Lake McKensie, K'gari (Fraser Island) (from Queensland)
  • Blackbirded South Sea Islanders on a Sugarcane plantation in Queensland. (from Queensland)
  • Fighting between Burke and Wills's supply party and Aboriginal Australians at Bulla in 1861 (from Queensland)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, headquarters of the Supreme Court of Queensland and District Court of Queensland (from Queensland)
  • Kanaka workers in a sugar cane plantation, late 19th century (from Queensland)
  • Cricket game at The Gabba, a 42,000-seat round stadium in Brisbane (from Queensland)
  • The Ekka (the Royal Queensland Exhibition) is held each August at the Brisbane Showgrounds. (from Queensland)
  • The Gold Coast, Queensland's second-largest city and a major tourist destination (from Queensland)
  • The McPherson Range at Lamington National Park in South East Queensland (from Queensland)
  • Parade of troops in Brisbane, prior to departure for the Boer War in South Africa (from Queensland)
  • Köppen climate types in Queensland (from Queensland)
  • Aftermath of the 1861 Cullin-La-Ringo massacre in which 19 settlers were killed by Aboriginal people, the deadliest attack on settlers in the frontier wars (from Queensland)
  • The Great Court at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Queensland's oldest university (from Queensland)
  • Parliament House, seat of the Queensland Parliament (from Queensland)
  • Captain James Cook claims the east coast of Australia for the Kingdom of Great Britain at Possession Island in 1770 (from Queensland)
  • The Great Barrier Reef, which extends along most of Queensland's Coral Sea coastline (from Queensland)
  • Brisbane, capital and most populous city of Queensland (from Queensland)
  • Hill Inlet at the Whitsunday Islands. (from Queensland)
  • The Mossman River, flowing through the Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland (from Queensland)
  • Returned World War II soldiers march in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1944 (from Queensland)

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Mineralogy is a mining company owned by Clive Palmer of Queensland, Australia. Mineralogy signed a deal with the Chinese infrastructure company CITIC Pacific to develop a small portion of a large iron ore deposit in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The agreement involves the development of two magnetite mines and construction of port infrastructure at Cape Preston. Mineralogy was paid $415 million USD for the rights to mine the ore. (Full article...)

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  • ...from the Brisbane Centre at Brisbane Airport, Airservices Australia manages the airspace over the northern half of Australia, representing 5% of the world’s total airspace?
  • ...that the first female police officers of the Queensland Police were inducted in 1931?
  • ...that goats left by early survey vessel mariners and the early guano vessels on Lady Musgrave Island were finally removed in 1974?
  • ...that the Coat of arms of Queensland (pictured) includes a shield containing representations of Queensland's most abundant industries?

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