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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.
Far North Queensland lays claim to over 70 national parks, including Mount Bartle Frere; with a peak of 1,622 metres (5,322 ft) it is the highest peak in both Northern Australia and Queensland. The Far North region is the only region of Australia that is the indigenous country of both Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. Far ...
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 Far North region is Queensland's largest region covering 22% of the state's area and includes Cape York Peninsula, the Torres Strait, and the Gulf of Carpentaria. The main population and administrative centre of the region is located in Cairns .
The monsoon climate of northern Australia is hot and humid in summer. A banana farm in Far North Queensland, 2018 A crocodile in Danggu Gorge National Park in the Kimberley, 2008. Almost all of Northern Australia is a huge ancient craton that has not experienced geological upheaval since the end of the Precambrian.
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Far North Queensland on the state's extreme northern coastline along the Cape York Peninsula, which includes tropical rainforest, the state's highest mountain, Mount Bartle Frere, the Atherton Tablelands pastoral region (dominated by sugar cane and tropical fruits), the most visited section of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the city of Cairns.
The Northern Peninsula Area Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia, covering areas on the northwestern coast of Cape York Peninsula.It was created in March 2008 out of three Aboriginal Shires and two autonomous Island Councils during a period of statewide local government reform.