Portal:Queensland

Topics Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. The state is Australia's second largest by area, following Western Australia, and the country's third most populous after New South Wales and Victoria. The area was first colonised by Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, who arrived between 40,000 and 65,000 years ago, according to various dating methods. Later, Queensland was made a British Crown Colony that was separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859, a date now celebrated annually as Queensland Day. The area that currently forms Brisbane was originally the Moreton Bay penal colony, intended as a place for recidivist convicts who had offended while serving out their sentences in New South Wales. The state later encouraged free settlement, and today Queensland's economy is dominated by the agricultural, tourist and natural resource sectors. The population is concentrated in the south-east corner, which includes the capital Brisbane, Logan City, Redland City, Ipswich, Toowoomba, and the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. Other major regional centres include Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, and Mount Isa. Queensland is often nicknamed the Sunshine State, since it enjoys warm weather and a sizable portion of the state is in the tropics. Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry (RSMC Nadi designation: 15F, JTWC designation: 17P) was a tropical cyclone that made landfall in Australia during the 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season. Larry originated as a low pressure system over the eastern Coral Sea on 16 March and was monitored by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Brisbane, Australia. The low-pressure area formed into a tropical cyclone two days later and quickly strengthened into a Category 5 storm on the Australian tropical cyclone scale. Larry made landfall in Far North Queensland close to Innisfail on 20 March as a Category 4 with wind gusts reaching 240 kilometres per hour (150 mph) and dissipated over land soon after. Cyclone Larry caused nearly A$1 billion in damage, and one fatality. Port Douglas is a resort town in Far North Queensland. Kitesurfing is popular at the southern end of Four Mile Beach. 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. ...that the largest island on the Great Barrier Reef is Hinchinbrook Island? (pictured) ...that the highest ever peak demand for electricity in Queensland was 8,891 MW and occurred on 18 January 2010? ...that Lockyer Creek and its tributaries cover nearly one quarter of the Brisbane River catchment? ...that the 2004 Palm Island death in custody of Mulrunji led to the first trial of an Australian police officer for a death in custody? Main: Queensland ▼ Queensland ► Buildings and structures in Queensland ► Geography of Queensland ► History of Queensland ► People from Queensland ► Queensland-related lists ► Sport in Queensland ► Transport in Queensland ► Visitor attractions in Queensland Queensland Australia More WikiProjects Queensland Northern Territory Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Victoria Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Visit Australia Portal Australia Oceania Micronesia Geography edit {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Queensland/To-do}} Template:/box-header The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject: Government of Queensland Queensland State Archives Queensland Places ABC News: Queensland What are portals? List of portals Featured portals