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Queensland Cities with Hotels
 Queensland, state in northeastern
Australia, bounded on the north by the Gulf of Carpentaria, on the east by the
Coral Sea, on the south by
New South Wales, on the southwest by
South Australia,
and on the west by the
Northern Territory.
Queensland covers an area of about 1,727,200 sq km (666,876
sq mi). The state is roughly bisected by the Tropic of Capricorn. The eastern
third of Queensland is dominated by the Great Dividing Range, a series of
mountains and plateaus that runs the entire length of the state. To the east of
the range are several isolated highland areas, including the Atherton Plateau,
site of Queensland's highest point, Mount Bartle Frere (1611 m/5287 ft). To the
west of the range is a region of rolling grassland and, in the western half of
the state, a vast semiarid plain. Much of the eastern coastline of Queensland is
sheltered by the Great Barrier Reef, a chain of coral reefs stretching for about
2000 km (about 1250 mi).
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Queensland's year-round warm and sunny
climate has earned it the nickname the "Sunshine State." Since 1970 Queensland's
population has grown faster than that of any other Australian state. Much of the
growth has been in the cities and coastal regions.
The principal cities of Queensland are Brisbane (population,
1991, greater city, 1,334,017), the capital and chief port; Gold Coast
(225,773); Townsville (101,398); Toowoomba (75,958); and Rockhampton (55,792).
In the early 1990s the state included about 55,000 people of aboriginal descent.
Population (1991) 2,977,810.
The economy of Queensland was once dominated by agriculture,
but the manufacturing, mining, and service sectors are growing rapidly today.
The main farm commodities are beef and dairy cattle, sheep (largely for wool),
sugarcane, wheat, groundnuts, tobacco, and fruits and vegetables. Principal
manufactures are processed agricultural goods and minerals, machinery, ships,
cement, and basic consumer goods. The leading minerals extracted are bauxite,
coal, copper, silver, lead, and zinc. Natural gas and petroleum are also
produced. Tourism has become a leading industry in Queensland. Among the chief
attractions are the Great Barrier Reef and the Gold Coast, a chain of coastal
resorts. Queensland is also an important convention center. Brisbane and Cairns
have international airports.
Legislative power in Queensland is vested in a unicameral
parliament, the Legislative Assembly. It is made up of 82 members elected to
three-year terms. The executive branch is theoretically headed by a governor,
who represents the sovereign of Great Britain, but in practice has little power.
A premier and a cabinet, who are responsible to the Legislative Assembly,
function as the state's executive.
Queensland was known to Dutch navigators by the early 1600s.
In 1770 the British explorer Captain James Cook visited the eastern coast (then
known as Moreton Bay) and claimed it for Great Britain. The first settlement was
a convict colony, established in 1824. Free settlers began to arrive in the
early 1840s. At first part of New South Wales, Queensland was made a separate
British colony in 1859, and it became a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
when the latter was formed in 1901.
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