AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND The coat of arms

AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND

The coat of arms and flag of Queensland

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia.

Queensland borders the Torres Strait to the north, with Boigu Island off the coast of New Guinea representing the absolute northern extreme of its territory. The triangular Cape York Peninsula, which points toward New Guinea is the northernmost part of the state's mainland. West of the peninsula's tip, northern Queensland is bordered by the Gulf of Carpentaria, while the Coral Sea— an arm of the Pacific Ocean— borders Queensland to the east.

The population is about 4, 5 million people.

The majority of the population in the state of lives in the South-East of Queensland, including the capital city of Brisbane, and a number of other large cities: Redland-City, Sunshine-Cost, Logan-City, the Gold-Cost, Harvey-Bay, Mackay.

HERVEY-BAY

The Gold-Cost - the main tourist town.

Redlands-City

Sunshine-Coast

The state capital and most populous city-Brisbane.

The territory Queensland occupies an area of 1 730 648 km 2.

Official nickname – «the State of sunshine» and the «Smart state»

In this state the grass is the dominant vegetation, and about 2/3 of the whole territory occupied by pastures. The land of coastline in the East of the well soaked with water.

The tourism industry plays a key role in the economies of regional areas and supports thousands of small businesses. Queensland experiences the second highest volume of tourists after New South Wales.

The state has the five protected areas, related to the objects of the world heritage: the reserve in the Central-Eastern tropical forests, Fraser island, the Australian nature reserve with fossils of mammals in the Gulf Country, barrier reef and the tropical of Queensland. Barrier reef and the tropical of Queensland

Queensland produces 94% of Australia's total raw sugar production.

A huge number of banana plantations in the tropics of the state.

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