Cape York Peninsula
Americannoun
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Some of his belongings have since been found near a river on Queensland's remote Cape York Peninsula.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
The last fatal crocodile attack happened in April this year on the Kennedy River in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
Though palm cockatoos also live in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, they have been observed drumming only in Cape York Peninsula, which suggests the habit is cultural.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2017
The first indication that a new, gigantic cassowary awaited discovery came from my examination of Edward P. Kelledy’s expedition log of 1845, a little-known account of an ill-fated expedition to Australia’s Cape York Peninsula.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2014
The most important transmissions were of New Guinea shell fishhooks, which spread far into Australia, and of New Guinea outrigger canoes, which spread down the Cape York Peninsula.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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