Portal:Queensland

Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology edit   The Queensland Portal Shortcut: P:QLD Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. The state is Australia's second largest by area, following Western Australia, and the country's third most populous after New South Wales and Victoria. The area was first colonised by Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, who arrived between 40,000 and 65,000 years ago, according to various dating methods. Later, Queensland was made a British Crown Colony that was separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859, a date now celebrated annually as Queensland Day. The area that currently forms Brisbane was originally the Moreton Bay penal colony, intended as a place for recidivist convicts who had offended while serving out their sentences in New South Wales. The state later encouraged free settlement, and today Queensland's economy is dominated by the agricultural, tourist and natural resource sectors. The population is concentrated in the south-east corner, which includes the capital Brisbane, Logan City, Redland City, Ipswich, Toowoomba, and the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. Other major regional centres include Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, and Mount Isa. Queensland is often nicknamed the Sunshine State, since it enjoys warm weather and a sizable portion of the state is in the tropics. Read more about Queensland... edit   Selected Article Bill Brown (born July 31, 1912) is a former Australian Test cricketer who played 22 Tests between 1934 and 1948. Brown captained Australia in one Test in March 1946, against New Zealand in a match retrospectively awarded Test status. A right-handed opening batsman who along with Jack Fingleton formed an opening pair in the 1930s regarded as one of the finest in Test history, Brown was a member of Don Bradman's Invincibles that toured England in 1948 without suffering a defeat. Due to the presence of Arthur Morris and Sid Barnes as the preferred openers, Brown only played in two of the five Tests, batting out of position in the middle order. Brown was also notable for being the player to be "Mankaded" – In a match in 1947–48, Brown had backed up too far and left his crease before the bowler, India's Vinoo Mankad delivered the ball. Mankad promptly removed the bails with Brown out of his ground. Archive • Read more... edit   Selected Picture Credit: James R. The Brisbane River is situated in southeast Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city before emptying into Moreton Bay. The river is dammed by the Wivenhoe Dam, forming Lake Wivenhoe, the main water supply for Brisbane. The river was named after the Governor of New South Wales Thomas Brisbane by the explorer John Oxley in 1823. The CityCat ferry service collects and delivers passengers along the inner-city reaches of the river. The Port of Brisbane manages the movement of larger vessels into the river from the bay. Archive • Read more... edit   Categories Main: Queensland • Buildings and structures in Queensland • Education in Queensland • Extinct languages of Queensland • Flora of Queensland • Geography of Queensland • Government of Queensland • History of Queensland • Images of Queensland • Media in Queensland • People from Queensland • Queensland Parliamentarians • Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane • Shopping centres in Queensland • Sport in Queensland • Transport in Queensland • Visitor attractions in Queensland edit   Queensland News 11 Nov: The Gold Coast wins the right to hold the 2018 Commonwealth Games. 6 Nov: The Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane is judged World Transport Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival. 30 Oct: Shane Knuth, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing Charters Towers since 2004, resigns from the Liberal National Party to join Katter's Australian Party. 25 Oct: The Queensland Government announces plans for two new natural gas power stations, the Aldoga Power Station at Gladstone and the Blackstone Power Station in Ipswich. 6 Oct: Diane Cilento passes away at Cairns Base Hospital after a long battle with cancer. 28 Sep: Part of the Warrego Highway between Ipswich and Toowoomba is renamed Darren Lockyer Way in honour of Darren Lockyer (pictured). 28 Aug: Queensland Police confirm that the remains found in bushland at Beerwah match Daniel Morcombe's DNA. 1 Aug: An interim report from the Commission of Inquiry into the 2010-11 Queensland floods is handed to Premier Anna Bligh. Archive • Read more... edit   Did You Know? ...that the town of Killarney was hit by a destructive tornado on Saturday 23 November 1968, which destroyed many buildings? ...that the Windorah Solar Farm uses five concentrated solar dishes each containing 112 square mirrors which sit atop 13 m masts and can rotate 360°? ...that Wivenhoe Dam (pictured) is home to the vulnerable Queensland lungfish? ...that Stanthorpe holds the record for the lowest temperature recorded in Queensland at -10.6 °C on 23 June 1961? Archive • Read more... edit   WikiProjects Queensland Australia More... edit   Related Portals Queensland Northern Territory Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Victoria Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Visit Australia Portal edit edit   Things you can do Here are some tasks you can do to help at WikiProject Queensland (edit list): Requests: Articles · Assessment · Importance Expand: Bloomfield River · Boolboonda Tunnel · Browns Falls · Bungil Creek · Burke Developmental Road · Carnarvon Range · Colleges Crossing · Conondale Range · Coomera Falls · Expedition Range · Hinchinbrook Channel · Johnstone River · Kuranda Butterfly Farm · Little Liverpool Range · Maranoa · Maranoa River · Merivale River · Nothoalsomitra · Pimpama River · Queensland Academy of Sport · Queensland Housing Commission · Queensland Music Festival · Queensland State Hockey Centre · Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service · Queensland Water Commission · Seaview Range · Steamer Range · Susan River · Tarong Energy · Tully River · Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland · More... 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