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.

Economy

In 2001, Queensland had a Gross Domestic Product of A$115.53 billion, A$31,000 per capita. Based on exchange rates (2005) this equals US$23,490, the third-lowest in Australia after Tasmania and South Australia.

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2001 - Gross Domestic Product - Tasmania - South Australia

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In 2003 Brisbane city had the lowest cost of living of all Australia's capital cities.

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Primary industries include: bananas, pineapples, peanuts, a wide variety of other tropical and temperate fruit and vegetables, cattle raising, cotton, sugar cane, wool and a mining industry including bauxite, coal and copper.

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Primary industries - Banana - Pineapple - Peanut - Cattle raising - Cotton - Sugar cane - Wool - Bauxite - Coal - Copper

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Secondary industries are mostly further processing of the above-mentioned primary produce: bauxite from Weipa is converted to alumina at Gladstone. There are also copper refining and the refining of sugar cane to sugar. Major tertiary industries are the retail trade and tourism.

Related Topics:
Secondary industries - Weipa - Alumina - Gladstone - Tertiary industries - Retail trade - Tourism

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