Queensland

[kweenz-land, -luhnd]

noun

1. a state in NE Australia. 670,500 sq. mi. (1,736,595 sq. km). Brisbane.

Queensland

/ -lənd, ˈkwiːnzˌlænd /

noun

1. a state of NE Australia: fringed on the Pacific side by the Great Barrier Reef; the Great Dividing Range lies in the east, separating the coastal lowlands from the dry Great Artesian Basin in the south. Capital: Brisbane. Pop: 3 840 111 (2003 est). Area: 1 727 500 sq km (667 000 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Aside from Queensland, it is the only state that still uses them.

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Though it is unclear whether they are referencing the same incident, Queensland Police told the BBC it had received reports of an alleged midnight break-and-enter at the kindergarten about a fortnight ago, and was investigating.

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Warmer seas have also caused mass bleaching at its world-famous Great Barrier Reef in Queensland and Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia.

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A spokesperson for Queensland's environment department confirmed officials were investigating the incidents, which appear to have been filmed on the Lockhart River in Cape York.

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The killings have revived questions over how Australian authorities deal with the threat of conspiracy theorists - three years after a hauntingly similar ambush of police in Queensland.

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