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Queensland, the north-east state of Australia. Queensland is the north-eastern state of Australia and has land borders with three other Australian states and territories: New South Wales (to the south), South Australia (to the south-west) and Northern Territory (to the west).
MacCabe Corner – SA/Vic/NSW South Australia ’s eastern border was supposed to follow the 141st meridian , but the first surveyors measured incorrectly. [ 2 ] A 70-year border dispute followed, and eventually resulted in the disjointedness of MacCabe Corner, with Victoria using the original incorrect calculation, and New South Wales using ...
1844 – New South Wales transfers Norfolk Island to Van Diemen's Land. 1846 – Northern central and eastern Australia briefly become the independent Colony of North Australia, then are returned to New South Wales. Map of Australia, 1851; 1851 – Southeastern mainland Australia becomes the independent colony of Victoria.
Lake Eyre basin – QLD/SA/NT/NSW; Murray–Darling basin – NSW/ACT/VIC/QLD/SA; Northern Australia – NT/QLD/part of WA; The Nullarbor – SA/WA; Outback – mainly NT and WA, but all territories except ACT and TAS; Southern Australia – TAS/VIC/SA, sometimes including NSW and WA; Sunraysia – a portion of NSW and VIC
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of Australia.It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west.
Queensland (locally / ˈ k w iː n z l æ n d / KWEENZ-land, commonly abbreviated as Qld) [note 1] is a state in northeastern Australia, and is 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, south-west and
In terms of climate, the area is dominated by a humid subtropical zone, with some tropical (Queensland) and oceanic climate (Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales) zones. In most situations, the eastern states are defined as those who use Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) , and that is the definition that this article ...
In 1846 the colony of North Australia (NA) was proclaimed by Letters Patent, which was all of New South Wales north of 26° south (17 February 1846 – Map). [7] From 1846 to 1847 129° east was the WA/NSW border and the WA/NA border. 132° east was the SA/NSW border, while 26° south became the SA/NA border and 141° east remained the SA/NSW ...