Capricornia

Capricornia

Capricornia is a term sometimes used for northern Australia, derived from the Tropic of Capricorn. It can apply to any of the items below:

* Areas associated with Queensland:
** 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
** A proposed new Australian State based in northern Queensland.
* Capricornia (novel), a novel by Australian author Xavier Herbert, set in the Northern Territory.
* Capricornia (album), an album by "Midnight Oil"
* Birds Australia Capricornia, a regional group of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union.
* An extict genus of trilobite, Capricornia (trilobite).


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