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Queensland ( KWEENZ-land, commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south, respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and the Pacific Ocean; to the state’s north is the Torres Strait, separating the Australian mainland from Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north-west. With an area of 1,723,030 square kilometres (665,270 sq mi), Queensland is the world's sixth-largest subnational entity; it is larger than all but 16 countries. Due to its size, Queensland's geographical features and climates are diverse, and include tropical rainforests, rivers, coral reefs, mountain ranges and white sandy beaches in its tropical and sub-tropical coastal regions, as well as deserts and savanna in the semi-arid and desert climatic regions of its interior.
Queensland has a population of over 5.5 million, concentrated along the east coast, particularly in South East Queensland. The capital and largest city in the state is Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city. Ten of Australia's thirty largest cities are located in Queensland, the largest outside Brisbane being the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Cairns, Ipswich, and Toowoomba. 28.9% of the state's population are immigrants. (Full article...)
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The 2010–2011 Queensland floods were a series of floods hit Australia, beginning in December 2010, primarily in the state of Queensland including its capital city, Brisbane. The floods forced the evacuation of thousands of people from towns and cities. At least 70 towns and over 200,000 people were affected. Damage initially was estimated at around A$1 billion. The estimated reduction in Australia's GDP is about A$30 billion.
Three-quarters of the state of Queensland was declared a disaster zone. The 2010–2011 floods killed 35 people in Queensland. As of 26 January, an additional nine persons are missing. The Queensland floods were followed by the 2011 Victorian floods which saw more than 50 communities in western and central Victoria also grapple with significant flooding.
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Skyline of the Brisbane central business district. Brisbane is a global city and the state's largest economic hub. (from Queensland)
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Gold mine at Ravenswood in North Queensland. Mining is one of the state's major industries (from Queensland)
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Commonly designated regions of Queensland, with Central Queensland divided into Mackay and Fitzroy subregions (from Queensland)
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The Gold Coast, Queensland's second-largest city and a major tourist destination (from Queensland)
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The Great Barrier Reef, which extends along most of Queensland's Coral Sea coastline (from Queensland)
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The Ekka (the Royal Queensland Exhibition) is held each August at the Brisbane Showgrounds. (from Queensland)
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Kanaka workers in a sugar cane plantation, late 19th century (from Queensland)
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Cricket game at The Gabba, a 42,000-seat round stadium in Brisbane (from Queensland)
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The Great Court at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Queensland's oldest university (from Queensland)
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Aftermath of the 1861 Cullin-La-Ringo massacre in which 19 settlers were killed by Aboriginal people, the deadliest attack on settlers in the frontier wars (from Queensland)
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Cargo ships at the Port of Gladstone, Queensland's largest commodity seaport (from Queensland)
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Noosa Heads on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland's third largest city and a major tourist destination (from Queensland)
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Returned World War II soldiers march in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1944 (from Queensland)
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Parade of troops in Brisbane, prior to departure for the Boer War in South Africa (from Queensland)
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Blackbirded South Sea Islanders on a Sugarcane plantation in Queensland. (from Queensland)
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Brisbane, capital and most populous city of Queensland (from Queensland)
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Fighting between Burke and Wills's supply party and Aboriginal Australians at Bulla in 1861 (from Queensland)
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