North Queensland
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Proper noun
edit- (Australia, informal) The northern part of the state of Queensland, loosely defined as being north of either Rockhampton or Mackay.
- 2007, Cheryl Taylor, Elizabeth Perkins, “Warm Words: North Queensland Writing”, in Patrick Buckridge, Belinda McKay, editors, By the Book: A Literary History of Queensland, page 213:
- Despite the failure of attempts to form a separate state, the idea of North Queensland as a distinctive region has existed powerfully almost from first settlement.
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editReferences
edit- Peter Bell (1984) Timber and iron: houses in North Queensland mining settlements, 1861-1920