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The Division of Capricornia is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. Capricornia is a traditionally a Labor -voting electorate, having been Labor-held for 72 years of the 100 years since 1922.
The Capricorn Coast features long sweeping beaches with shallow seas, dotted with rocky outcrops, the remnants of long-extinct volcanoes. The soil inland is red which is well suited to the many fruit crops growing in the area, while pockets of darker soils and clays are more suitable for grazing.
The islands and reefs of the Capricorn and Bunker Group are situated astride the Tropic of Capricorn at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, approximately 80 kilometres east of Gladstone, which is situated on the central coast of the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
The region is also known as Capricornia. It is one of Australia's main coal exporting regions. It is one of Australia's main coal exporting regions. At the 2011 Australian Census the region recorded a total population from the six local government areas of 233,931.
The Capricorn Highway is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and links the city of Rockhampton with western Queensland. [1] The highway is 575 kilometres (357 mi) long, and joins the Landsborough Highway at Barcaldine. [2]
Capricornia, Queensland, a region of the coast located around Rockhampton, Queensland; Division of Capricornia, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives based around the region; Capricornia, a proposed new Australian State based in northern Queensland
North West Island is a coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef, located 75 kilometres northeast of Gladstone, Queensland.North West Island forms part of Capricornia Cays National Park and with an area of 1.05 km 2, the island is the second largest coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef.
AFL Capricornia is an amateur competition played in the areas of Rockhampton, Gladstone and Yeppoon between the months of March and September in the cooler seasons of the Central Queensland climate. The league is covered primarily by the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin in the local print media.