Queensland

The Great Barrier Reef is specifically located in the Coral Sea, which is part of the southern Pacific Ocean.

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world. It is about 2300 kilometres in length, which is the equivalent of about 1,430 miles. Its northern end just south of Papua New Guinea, and its southern end near Lady Elliott Island, northeast of the city of Bundaberg.

The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, which comprises more than just the coral reefs, atolls and islands of the Great Barrier Reef, covers around 348,000 sq km (134,363 sq miles) while the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park itself covers around 344,400 sq km.

Brisbane is the capital of Queensland. It is located in the southeast of the state, where the Brisbane River meets Moreton Bay.

The colony of the Moreton Bay District was founded in 1824, but abandoned less than a year later when the main settlement was moved 30km away, to the Brisbane River. On 4 May 1842, Moreton Bay was declared a free settlement. On 6 June 1859, the former Moreton Bay District was granted separation from New South Wales, and given the name of Queensland, with Brisbane as its capital city. Brisbane is named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825.

The Great Barrier Reef is located parallel to the coast of Queensland.

The Brisbane River runs through Brisbane. The river was actually named before the city which was, in turn, named after the river.

The Brisbane River was named after Governor Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Governor of the NSW colony at the time when John Oxley explored what is now southeast Queensland.

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef, and the only living organism visible from space. It lies off Australia's northeastern coast, off the coast of Queensland, and is approximately 2300 km long.

The Great Barrier Reef is regarded by some as a single living organism because, although it is made up of numerous atolls and islands, it is essentially an enormous interconnected colony of coral polyps. Whilst not everyone may agree with this, it remains that the world's largest coral reef is indeed the Great Barrier Reef.

The Pacific jetstream (fast flowing air current above the Pacific ocean) travels in an easterly direction (west to east) towards the U.S., causing flight speed to be slower returning to Sydney from Hawaii.

Not all of Queensland was reluctant - it was the sugar cane growers who knew that the intended implementation of an official White Australia Policy (for which legislation was planned) would affect their cheap labor. For decades, north Queensland had employed South Pacific Islanders, referred to as "Kanakas", who were excellent workers, and cheap to employ. Australian workers were more reluctant to labour in the hot Australian sun; they complained about their conditions; and they were required to be paid more, that to the labour unions. Canegrowers did not want to lose their advantage. However, the remainder of Queenslanders wanted to be part of the Federation.

Western Australia was a remote colony, and believed that in matters of trade with the eastern colonies, Western Australia would be disadvantaged and dominated by larger, more empowering colonies like New South Wales and Victoria.

it depends how powerful the cyclone is if it is a very powerful cyclone then the damage could be extremely big but if its not a very powerful one then the damage would be much much less and not as many cassualtys would be made

Brisbane International Airport's code is BNE (source www.world-airport-codes.com)

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In Australia is the Great Artesian Basin.

The Rivers Of Queensland are as follows,

Albert

Annan River

Barwon

Basalt

Balonne

Barcoo

Barron

Belyando

Bloomfield

Bohle River

Boyne

Bowen

Bremer

Brisbane

Broken

Burdekin

Burke

Burnett

Caboolture

Calliope

Carpentier

Coen

Comet

Condamine

Coomera

Cooper Creek

Currumbin Creek

Culgoa

Daintree

Dawson

Dee

Diamantina

Dumaresq

Edward

Endeavour

Flinders

Fitzroy

Georgina

Gilbert-Einasleigh

Herbert

Jardine

Johnstone

Kolan

Laura

Lockyer Creek

Logan

Mackenzie

Maranoa

Maroochy

Mary

Merivale

Mitchell

Mooloolah

Moonie

Mulgrave

Nerang

Nogoa

Norman

Normanby

Noosa

North Pine

Oxley Creek

Paroo

Palmer

Pennefather

Pimpama

Pine

Pioneer

Ross

Russell

Sandover

Severn

South Pine

Staaten

Stanley

Stuart

Styx

Susan

Suttor

Tallebudgera Creek

Thomson

Tingalpa Creek

Tully

Warrego

Ward

and the Western.

Some of these rivers can be found in more than one state.

The Brisbane River was named first. It was discovered in 1823 by three ticket-of-leave convicts, and named by John Oxley, after the NSW Governor at the time, Sir Thomas Brisbane. The city took on the name as it developed on the banks of the river within two years, replacing the "Moreton Bay colony" title with which it started out.

Without adoubt this must be The Great Barrier Reef. Just an hours drive North from Cairns Airport will find you In Port Douglas. From here there are numerous tour operators who will take you out to the reef on a days return trip.

Because the coast of Australia is so "golden" (A.K.A. the sand) and it is full of beaches.

Channel 7 should Swoop and Lure Melissa Downes from Channel 9 to 7 News Queensland by giving her a Salary that's More Than Nine. Then 7 News Queensland would be Presented by Bill McDonald and Melissa Downes (Monday to Friday), Then Rod Young and Kay McGrath (Saturday to Sunday).

The area of City of Brisbane is 1,367 square kilometers.

It brought about the introduction of the western life and education that makes better the standard of living for the citizens of the country.It also prevented embezzlement and corruption among the public office holders.There was also fear of the law

A random search for flights from Brisbane (BNE) to Male (MLE) shows:

OPTION 1: 26hr 50min via Kuala Lumpur (KUL)

BNE - KUL Malaysia Airlines Flt 134 Dep 11:20pm 07May,Fri

Connecting flight wait time 14hr 20min

KUL - MLE Malaysia Airlines Flt 189 Dep 08:05pm 08May,Sat

Flight Duration: 12hr 30min; Layover Time: 14hr 20min; Total Trip Time: 26hr 50min

OPTION 2: 21hr 45min via Singapore (SIN) & Colombo (CMB)

BNE - SIN Emirates Airlines Flt 433 Dep 02:30am 07May,Fri

Connecting flight wait time 7hr 45min

SIN - CMB Srilankan Airlines Flt 312 Dep 04:00pm 07May,Fri

CMB - MLE Srilankan Airlines Flt 103 Dep 06:20pm 07May,Fri

Flight Duration: 13hr 00min; Layover Time: 8hr 45min; Total Trip Time: 21hr 45min

If your under 25 years old you must hold a learners license for 12 months first before your first lesson, it is not required but encouraged to have 100 hours of supervised driving on the road, and 10 hours of nite driving, then you have to be 17 years odl to obtain your permit.

The Gold Coast is a prime tourist area, and tourism is a mainstay of Australia's economy. As a residential, commercial and business area, it generates a lot of income for a lot of people, not just through tourism but through business operations.

The Gold Coast also typifies the great Australian lifestyle that many aspire to (but few attain) of sun, surf and beaches.

Brisbane's floods of 1974 were caused by a combination of factors. The eastern seaboard had already received much higher than usual rainfall in the preceding year, and it had been a very wet summer as well. When Cyclone Wanda made landfall and developed into a tropical depression, this weather system dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain on regions where the ground was waterlogged, and could not absorb any more water.

Both Brisbane and Ipswich were badly affected by the floods. The suburbs where flooding occurred in Brisbane were Albion, Balmoral, Brisbane City (CBD), Brookfield, Bulimba, Chelmer, Coorparoo, Corinda, Darra, Dutton Park, East Brisbane, Fairfield, Fig Tree Pocket, Fortitude Valley, Graceville, Hawthorne, Hemmant, Indooroopilly, Jindalee, Kangaroo Point, Kenmore, Long Pocket, Lytton, Milton, Moggill, Moorooka, Murrarie, New Farm, Newstead, Norman Park, Oxley, Pinkenba, Pullenvale, Rocklea, Sherwood, South Brisbane, Tennyson, Toowong, Yeronga, Yerongpilly, West End, Windsor and Woolloongabba.