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This is a list of places in Queensland by urban centre population. Urban Centres by population. Rank Urban Centre Population Region Notes 2021 census 2016 census
Urban centres are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as being a population cluster of 1,000 or more people. For statistical purposes, people living in urban centres are classified as urban. The figures below represent the populations of the contiguous built-up areas of each city; with state and territory capitals in bold. These ...
Queensland was explored in subsequent decades, and the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement was established at Brisbane in 1824 by John Oxley. During the Australian frontier wars of the 19th century, colonists killed tens of thousands of Aboriginal people in Queensland while consolidating their control over the territory.
Brisbane is the largest city in both the South East Queensland region and the state of Queensland. The Gold Coast. South East Queensland is commonly considered to be a single region. It contains two statistical regions listed above, Brisbane and Moreton. The region has a population of 3,500,000 people, or 72% of the state's population. [1]
Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, [1] and the third most populous city in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that the population of Greater Brisbane is 2,462,637 as of June 2018, [2] and the South East Queensland region, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.6 million. [2]
The Gold Coast is the ancestral home of a number of Indigenous clans of the Yugambeh people, [15] including the Kombumerri, [16] Mununjali, [17] and Wangerriburra clans. Europeans arrived in 1823 when explorer John Oxley explored the Tweed River. [18] The hinterland's timber supply attracted people to the area in the mid-19th century. [19]
Cairns (/ ˈ k ɛər n z / ⓘ; Yidiny: Gimuy) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, [2] on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland.In the 2021 census, Cairns had a population of 153,181 people.
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