Thursday 28th of July 2011
Toowoomba City | Botanical Garden | Queens Garden | East Creek ...weiterlesen "Toowoomba – City – Botanical Garden – Queens Garden – East Creek"
Kategorie: Queensland
Toowoomba -Crows Nest National Park – hiking
Wednesday 27th July 2011
Toowoomba | Crow's Nest National Park| hiking ...weiterlesen "Toowoomba -Crows Nest National Park – hiking"
Toowoomba – Table Top – Jubilee Park
Tuesday 26th of July
Toowoomba | Table Top |Jubilee Park ...weiterlesen "Toowoomba – Table Top – Jubilee Park"
Lismore – Toowoomba driving
Monday 25th of July 2011
Lismore | Toowoomba driving ...weiterlesen "Lismore – Toowoomba driving"
Category description
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. 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 capital and largest city in the state is Brisbane.
Queensland was first occupied by Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, who arrived between 40,000 and 65,000 years ago, according to various dating methods. Queensland was made a British Crown Colony that was separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859, a date now celebrated state-wide as Queensland Day.
Queensland is often referred to as Australia’s Sunshine State. Queensland‘ current Premier is Anna Bligh of the Australian Labor Party.
The state was named in honour of…