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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 region is prone to floods and cyclones. Townsville is the largest urban centre in North Queensland, leading it to be regarded as an unofficial ...
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 .
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 .
The division was created in 1949 and is named after Anderson Dawson, the first Labor Premier of Queensland and leader of the first parliamentary socialist government anywhere in the world. It is located on the North Queensland coast, taking in the towns of Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Proserpine and some south-eastern suburbs of the city of Townsville.
The Division of Leichhardt (/laɪkɑɹt/) is an Australian electoral division in Queensland. The current MP is Warren Entsch of the Liberal Party. Leichhardt is located in Far North Queensland. It is a very mixed electorate, with its classification ranging from provincial in the south and rural and remote elsewhere.
It is named after Edmund Kennedy, an explorer in the area where the division is located in Queensland. The member since 1993 is Bob Katter Jr. , the leader of Katter's Australian Party . He was previously elected as a member of the National Party , but became an independent in 2001 before forming his own party in 2011.
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.
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 ...