Queensland


 
 
Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, in the north-east of the country. It is the second largest state by area and the third largest state by population.

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Queensland is also Australia's most decentralised state: The capital and largest city is Brisbane, but others regional centres include the Gold Coast (the state's second largest city and a major tourism destination), Rockhampton, Townsville, Mackay, Cairns, Toowoomba, and Mount Isa. Queensland is often nicknamed the Sunshine State, since a sizable portion of the state is in the tropics.

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Queensland was originally a British Crown Colony that was separated from New South Wales in 1859. What is now Brisbane was originally the Moreton Bay penal colony, intended as a place to hold convicts who re-offended while serving out their sentences in New South Wales.

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Decentralised: REDIRECTDecentralization...

Brisbane: :This article is about the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. For other uses see Brisbane (disambiguation)...

Gold Coast: Gold Coast may refer to:...


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Introduction
Geography
Demographics
Economy
Government
History
Colleges and universities
See Also
Towns and settlements
External links
 
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~ Related Subjects ~

Tropics (1) - Crown Colony (1) - Toowoomba (1) - Mount Isa (1) - Moreton Bay (1) - Penal colony (1) - New South Wales (1) - 1859 (1) - Gold Coast (1) - Tourism (1) - Decentralised (1) - Brisbane (1) - Mackay (1) - Cairns (1) - Rockhampton (1) -
 

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