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In 1986, Cape York became the proposed site of a spaceport, which a consortium of companies, the Cape York Space Agency, promoted with support from the federal government. In 1992, investor support failed, and in 2017, legal ownership of 160,000 ha (400,000 acres) of land required was returned to the Wuthathi , Kuku Yau and Northern Kaanju people.
English: Map of Cape York highlighting the Peninsula Developmental Road (PDR) Date: 6 January 2013, 01:32:59: Source: ... Cape York - ver 1.00: Width: 2130.7693: Height:
English: Map of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Drawn using Inscape . This image supercedes the similar File:Cyp ed 6.svg, by the addition of the 'Telegraph Track' and minor edits.
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The Shire covers most of the eastern and central parts of Cape York Peninsula, the most northerly section of the Australian mainland. It covers an area of 105,718 square kilometres (40,817.9 sq mi), [2] and is the largest LGA in the state. The shire was established in 1919.
The Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna is a tropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in northern Australia. It occupies the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland , mainland Australia's northernmost point. [ 2 ]
The original inhabitants of the Cape York were the Djagaraga peoples. [citation needed] Cape York was named by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of exploration along the eastern coast of Australia in 1770. He named it on 21 August 1770 "in honour of His Royal Highness, the Duke of York" referring to Prince Edward, Duke of York and ...
Detailed map of the Torres Strait and its islands. The Torres Strait (/ ˈ t ɒr ɪ s /), also known as Zenadh Kes (pronounced [ˈzen̪ad̪ kes]), is a strait between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea. It is 150 km (93 mi) wide at its narrowest extent. To the south is Cape York Peninsula, the