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The company was founded in 1948 as an engineering supply company named North Queensland Engineers & Agents, then expanded in 1966 into shipbuilding and was renamed. [ 2 ] NQEA has built several ships for the Royal Australian Navy (including the Fremantle -class patrol boats and Leeuwin -class survey ships ). [ 3 ]
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its tropical northern part has been historically remote and undeveloped, resulting in a distinctive regional character and identity.
The North Queensland region extends as far north (from Townsville) as Hinchinbrook Island, and as far south as the Whitsundays. Subcategories This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.
Federal approval for the port to be used by Hancock Coal to export coal from the Alpha Coal Project was granted on 10 October 2012. [14] Conditions for the go-ahead included a seagrass offset scheme, a wetland management plan, funding for Indigenous rangers, monitoring of air and water quality, amongst a total of 60 conditions aimed primarily to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
The North Queensland Register was a newspaper published in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia from 15 June 1892 to 30 March 1984. [ 1 ] The paper was formerly known as the North Queensland Herald and Northern Mining Register .
The economy of Queensland is the third largest economy within Australia. Queensland generated 19.5% of Australia's gross domestic product in the 2008-09 financial year. [5] The economy is primarily built upon mining, agriculture, tourism and financial services. Queensland's main exports are coal, metals, meat and sugar. [6]
The North Queensland State Alliance (NQSA), also known as the North Queensland State Party (NQSP), is an Australian political party founded in support of the creation of a State of North Queensland. The party was founded in June 2018 by Peter Raffles, who announced that the party planned to contest the October 2020 Queensland state election ...
The first NRL premiership match to be held at the ground was between Queensland rivals the North Queensland Cowboys and Brisbane Broncos in round one of the 2020 NRL season. [17] Jake Turpin scored the stadium's first try, Jamayne Isaako scored the first goal and Michael Morgan slotted the first field goal as the Broncos won 28–21. [18]