Queensland

Queensland
Queensland
Flag	Coat o airms
Slogan or elk-name	The Sunshine State
Motto(s)	Audax at Fidelis; (Bold but Faithful)
	; Ither Australie states an territories
Coordinates	20°S 143°E / 20°S 143°E
Caipital ceety	Brisbane
Demonym	Queenslander,; Banana Bender (colloquial)
Govrenment	Constitutional monarchy
• Govrenor	Paul de Jersey
• Premier	Annastacia Palaszczuk (ALP)
Australie state
• Sel-govrenin colony	6 Juin 1859
• Stateheid	1901
• Australie Act	3 Mairch 1986
Aurie
• Total	1,852,642 km² (2nt); 715,309 sq mi
• Laund	1,730,620 km²; 668,196 sq mi
• Watter	121,991 km² (6.58%); 47,101 sq mi
Population ; (Mairch 2016)
• Population	4,827,000 (3rd)
• Densitie	2.79/km² (5t); 7.2 /sq mi
Elevation
• Heichest point	Mount Bartle Frere; 1,622 m (5,322 ft)
Gross state product ; (2014–15)
• Product ($m)	$313,889 (3rd)
• Product per caipita	$62,498 (5th)
Time zone(s)	UTC+10 (AEST); (does not observe DST)
Federal representation
• Hoose seats	30/150
• Senate seats	12/76
Abbreviations
• Postal	QLD
• ISO 3166-2	AU-QLD
Emblems
• Floral	Cooktown orchid; (Dendrobium phalaenopsis)
• Ainimal	Koala; (Phascolarctos cinereus)
• Bird	Brolga (Grus rubicunda)
• Fish	Barrier Reef anemonefish; (Amphiprion akindynos)
• Mineral or gemstane	Sapphire
• Colours	Maroon
Wabsteid	www.qld.gov.au

Queensland is a state o Australie that occupees the north-eastren section o the mainland continent. It is bordered bi the Northren Territory tae the wast, Sooth Australie tae the sooth-wast an New Sooth Wales tae the sooth. Tae the east, Queensland is bordered bi the Coral Sea an Paceefic Ocean. The state is Australie's seicont lairgest bi aurie, follaein Wastren Australie, an the kintra's third maist populous efter New Sooth Wales an Victoria.

The aurie wis first occupeed bi Indigenous Australians an Torres Strait Islanders, who arrived atween 40,000 an 65,000 year ago, accordin tae various datin methods. Later, Queensland wis made a Breetish Croun Colony that wis separatit frae New Sooth Wales on 6 Juin 1859, a date nou celebratit state-wide as Queensland Day.

The aurie that currently forms the state caipital, Brisbane, wis oreeginally the Moreton Bay penal colony, intendit as a place for recidivist convicts who haed offendit while servin oot thair sentences in New Sooth Wales. The state later encouraged free dounset, an the day Queensland's economy is dominatit bi the agricultural, tourist an naitural resoorce sectors.

The state's population is concentratit in Sooth East Queensland, which includes Brisbane, Logan City, Ipswich, Toowoomba, an the Gold Coast an Sunshine Coast. Ither major regional centres include Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Rockhampton, Hervey Bay, Bundaberg an Mount Isa.