Queensland, Australia

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Where is Queensland?

Queensland is in the northeast of the mainland island. It is bordered by the Northern territory to the west, to the southwest it is bordered by South Australia and to the south it is bordered by New South Wales. To the northeast it is surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef and to the west it is bordered by the Pacific Ocean.

What is Queensland like?

Queensland is known as ‘the sunshine state’. Along the north of the beautiful section of Australia is the Great Barrier Reef which is 7th in the top 10 natural wonders of the world it stretches 233KM along Queensland, it has 2,313 species of fish, turtles and sharks not including dolphins. Queensland also has a tiny portion of the desert part of the outback in it.  It has a mixture of densely populated places such as Port Douglas and Brisbane and then has sparsely populated places such as Ayr and Aspley.

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How is Queensland changing?

Queensland is changing in many ways, the aborigines who originally occupied the area are leaving as more and more people move there. The aborigines are thought to have arrived there as long as 40,000 years, they are now moving. The animals are changing as well; in 1935 cane toads were introduced to the wild to help pest control however their numbers have spiralled out of control. In 1901 Queensland had only half a million people; by 2005 the population had risen to almost 4million, its population is now just over 4million.

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