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Queensland (locally /ˈkwiːnzlænd/ KWEENZ-land, commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern 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, southwest 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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Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland at the tip of the state of Queensland, Australia, the largest unspoilt wilderness in eastern Australia and one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth. Although the land is mostly flat and about half of the area is used for grazing cattle, and wildlife is threatened by introduced species and weeds, the relatively undisturbed eucalyptus wooded savannahs, tropical rainforests and other types of habitat are now recognized for their global environmental significance.

The west coast borders the Gulf of Carpentaria and the east coast borders the Coral Sea. At the peninsula’s widest point, it is 430 km from the Bloomfield River, in the southeast, across to the west coast (just south of the Aboriginal community of Kowanyama). It is some 660 km from the southern border of Cook Shire, to the tip of Cape York. At the tip of the peninsula lies Cape York, the northernmost point on the Australian continent. It was named by Lieutenant James Cook on 21 August 1770 in honor of Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, a brother of King George III of the United Kingdom

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Image 1Gold mine at Ravenswood in North Queensland. Mining is one of the state's major industries (from Queensland)
Image 2Aftermath 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)
Image 3Commonly designated regions of Queensland, with Central Queensland divided into Mackay and Fitzroy subregions (from Queensland)
Image 4The McPherson Range at Lamington National Park in South East Queensland (from Queensland)
Image 5Hill Inlet at the Whitsunday Islands. (from Queensland)
Image 6Parade of troops in Brisbane, prior to departure for the Boer War in South Africa (from Queensland)
Image 7Blackbirded South Sea Islanders on a Sugarcane plantation in Queensland. (from Queensland)
Image 8Government House, seat of the Governor (from Queensland)
Image 9Cricket game at The Gabba, a 42,000-seat round stadium in Brisbane (from Queensland)
Image 10Skyline of the Brisbane central business district. Brisbane is a global city and the state's largest economic hub. (from Queensland)
Image 11Lake McKensie, K'gari (Fraser Island) (from Queensland)
Image 12Kanaka workers in a sugar cane plantation, late 19th century (from Queensland)
Image 13The Mossman River, flowing through the Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland (from Queensland)
Image 14Cargo ships at the Port of Gladstone, Queensland's largest commodity seaport (from Queensland)
Image 15The Gold Coast, Queensland's second-largest city and a major tourist destination (from Queensland)
Image 16The Great Court at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Queensland's oldest university (from Queensland)
Image 17Returned World War II soldiers march in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1944 (from Queensland)
Image 18Passenger train at Oxley railway station on the Ipswich/Rosewood line within the Queensland Rail City network (from Queensland)
Image 19Captain James Cook claims the east coast of Australia for the Kingdom of Great Britain at Possession Island in 1770 (from Queensland)
Image 20The Great Barrier Reef, which extends along most of Queensland's Coral Sea coastline (from Queensland)
Image 21Noosa Heads on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland's third largest city and a major tourist destination (from Queensland)
Image 22Brisbane, capital and most populous city of Queensland (from Queensland)
Image 23The Ekka (the Royal Queensland Exhibition) is held each August at the Brisbane Showgrounds. (from Queensland)
Image 24Fighting between Burke and Wills's supply party and Aboriginal Australians at Bulla in 1861 (from Queensland)
Image 25Parliament House, seat of the Queensland Parliament (from Queensland)
Image 26Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, headquarters of the Supreme Court of Queensland and District Court of Queensland (from Queensland)
Image 27Köppen climate types in Queensland (from Queensland)

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Pictured left: Process workers at work at the Golden Circle cannery, 1947

Golden Circle is a subsidiary of US-based Heinz Corporation, based in Brisbane, Queensland. Its main operations are food processing. Golden Circle began operations in 1947 after construction of the main canning factory at Northgate was completed. As of 2009, Golden Circle ceased to be an Australian owned company. The company employs a large number of people, which varies seasonally between 700 and 1,700.

Golden Circle manufactures more than 800 products. Initially, the company processed and canned pineapples and produced fruit jams. Over the years, production has expanded to include other canned fruit and vegetables, fruit cordials, juices, carbonated beverages and baby food. Golden Circle operates the world's largest steam peeler and new beetroot processing lines. The main production facility is at Northgate, a northern suburb of Brisbane. (Full article...)

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Did you know (auto-generated)

... that Lachlan Murdoch was forced to resign as a director of Prime Media Group because the company owned a radio station on Queensland's Sunshine Coast?
... that despite being described in 1840, the chestnut-backed buttonquail was only confirmed in Queensland in 2020?

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...that a central state-based authority to coordinate the generation and distribution of electrical power in Queensland was not established until 1938?
...that the Sheng Neng 1's impact on the Great Barrier Reef in 2010 created the reef's longest known grounding scar?
...that Dunk Island (pictured) is the largest island in the Family Islands and was named by Captain James Cook on the 8 June 1770?
...that the Georgina River has a catchment which is roughly the same size as the state of Victoria but only has a mean annual flow of about 0.7 km³?