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Queensland (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 20 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -20.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 145 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 145.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Second largest state; first European sighting 1770 (British Cook); first settlement (penal colony) Moreton Bay 1824; part of New South Wales until 1859; principal cities are Brisbane, Cairns, Rockhampton, Townsville; site of Great Barrier Reef. |
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| Queensland (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| Queensland (Finnish)
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| Queensland (Portuguese)
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| Queensland, State of (C,V)
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| State of Queensland (C,V,O)
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| AS04 (C,V,FIPS)
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| קווינסלנד (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Штат Квинсленд (C,U,Russian)
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| Квинсленд (C,U,Russian)
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| state (preferred, C) |
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gained statehood 1901 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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