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North Queensland
Far
North Queensland, or FNQ, is the northernmost part
of the Australian state of Queensland. The region,
which contains a large section of the Tropical North
Queensland area, stretches from the city of Cairns
north to the Torres Strait.
Various Government Departments and agencies have different
definitions for the region. The Queensland Government
Planning Department's Population Growth - The Far
North Queensland Region 2005 document defines the
region an area comprising of ten local government
areas: (Atherton, Cairns, Cardwell, Douglas, Eacham,
Herberton, Johnstone, and Mareeba) and two Aboriginal
Councils (Wujal Wujal and Yarrabah). The Australian
Bureau of Statistics defines the region as region
containing most of Cape York Peninsula (excluding
the south western quarter, half way up the Gulf of
Carpentaria coast) and the Torres Strait Islands and
extending as far south as Hinchinbrook Island and
the town of Cardwell but does not include the city
of Townsville. This larger definition is also used
by other State Government agencies and also encompasses
the local government areas of Cook Shire, Croydon
Shire, Ethridge Shire, the Aboriginal communities
of Aurukun and Lockhart River, and local government
authorities in the Torres Strait region. It has a
total area of 272,655.2 km²
The main population and administrative centre of the
region is located in Cairns. Other key population
centres include Cooktown, the Atherton Tableland,
Weipa and the Torres Strait Islands. The region also
consists of many Aboriginal and farming communities.
Significant industries include tourism, cattle grazing,
agriculture (sugar cane and tropical fruits) and mining
of both sand and bauxite.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates the
region's population at 30 June 2003 to have been 231,494
of which 117,531 lived in Cairns. The region contains
25.6% of the state's Indigenous population, or 28,909
people, making up 11.8% of the region's population.
Far North Queensland based federal Member of Parliament
Bob Katter has suggested that Far North Queensland
secede from Queensland to guarantee better parliamentary
representation. (Credit:
Wikipedia)
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