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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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Buildings and structures in Far North Queensland (6 C, 118 P) Geography of Far North ...
Map of Torres Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902. The Hann Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. [3] [4] On 30 October 1885, the coastal islands of Hann Division were separated to create Torres Division. [5] [6]
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 .
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The Windsor Tablelands are a series of plateaus located in Far North Queensland, Australia.The Windsor Tableland and surrounding rainforest area are contained as part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, [1] sitting between the Daintree Rainforest and Mount Lewis National Park.
Major national parks include the Apudthama National Park in the far north, Oyala Thumotang National Park near Aurukun, and Rinyirru National Park in the southeast of the bioregion. On 16 June 2024, a submission was made for the Cape York Peninsula to be a mixed world-heritage site under the title Cultural Landscapes of Cape York Peninsula .
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.