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| | | | Towns in Queensland, Far North Queensland, Coastal towns in Queensland, Ports and harbours of Queensland, Mining towns in Queensland, Populated places established in 1898, Gulf of Carpentaria, 1898 establishments in Australia, Hidden categories:, Use dmy dates from April 2013, Use Australian English from April 2013, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Coordinates on Wikidata, Articles lacking in-text citations from August 2008, All articles lacking in-text citations, Commons ca... | | |
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| | | | Conflicts in 1942, 1942 in Papua New Guinea, Battles and operations of World War II involving Australia, Battles and operations of World War II involving the United States, South West Pacific theatre of World War II, Japanese war crimes, Battles and operations of World War II involving Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea in World War II, Hidden categories:, Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls, Use dmy dates from December 2012, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from Ja... | | The Kokoda Track campaign or Kokoda Trail campaign was part of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 between Japanese and Allied�primarily Australian�forces in what was then the Australian territory of Papua. Following a landing near Gona, on the north coast of New Guinea, on the night of 21- 22 July, Japanese forces attempted to advance south overland through the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range to seize Port ... |
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| | | | | | Tembagapura is an urban village built to support the Grasberg Mine in the Indonesian province of Papua. The population is 10,662 as of the 2010 census. It is situated on a rocky plain at the base of the Mount Zaagkam 4,400 metres (14,400 ft), 10 miles (16 km) southeast of the mine. Construction of the mine and its infrastructure including the town, commenced in the late-1960s. The town is about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level, in the Sudirman Range, not far from Mount Carstensz, the high... |
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| | | | | | Mbabaram (Barbaram) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of north Queensland. It was the traditional language of the Mbabaram tribe. Known speakers were Albert Bennett, Alick Chalk, Jimmy Taylor and Mick Burns. Recordings of Bennett and Chalk are held in the Audiovisual Archive of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. R. M. W. Dixon described his hunt for a native speaker of Mbabaram in his book Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field W... |
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| | | | | | Mount Bellenden Ker is the second highest mountain in Queensland, Australia, with a height of 1,593 metres (5,226 ft). It is named after the botanist John Bellenden Ker Gawler. Located 60 km south of Cairns near Babinda, it is adjacent to Mount Bartle Frere, the states highest peak, part of the Bellenden Ker Range which is also known as the Wooroonooran Range. The two mountains dominate the Josephine Falls section of the Wooroonooran National Park. Both peaks are made of resistant granite and ar... |
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| | | | | | The Gulflander is an Australian passenger train, running 151 kilometres (94 mi) from Normanton to Croydon in the Gulf Country of northern Queensland. Often described as a train from nowhere to nowhere, the line was completed in 1891 and was never connected to the rest of the Queensland Rail network although it has always been owned and operated by Queensland Rail. The nearest part of the Queensland Rail network is 190 kilometres away at Forsayth. The service runs once per week to Croydon on Wedn... |
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| | | | | | The McArthur River mine is one of the worlds largest zinc, lead and silver mines, situated about 70 kilometres southwest of Borroloola, near the Gulf of Carpentaria in the northeastern Northern Territory, Australia. It is operated by McArthur River Mining (MRM), a subsidiary of the Swiss mining company Xstrata. Although discovered in the 1950s, when it was originally called the HYC (Heres Your Chance) deposit, it only opened as a mine in 1995. Initially an underground mining operation, the mine ... |
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| | | | Conflicts in 1943, Conflicts in 1944, Battles of World War II involving Australia, Battles of World War II involving the United States, Battles and operations of World War II involving Papua New Guinea, Battles and operations of World War II involving the Solomon Islands, 1943 in Papua New Guinea, 1944 in Papua New Guinea, 1943 in the Solomon Islands, 1944 in the Solomon Islands, South West Pacific theatre of World War II, Operation Cartwheel, United States Marine Corps in World War II, Hidden c... | | Operation Cartwheel (1943�1944) was a major military strategy for the Allies in the Pacific theater of World War II. Cartwheel was a twin-axisclarification needed] of advance operation, aimed at militarily neutralizing the major Japanese base at Rabaul. The operation was directed by the Supreme Allied Commander in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA)�General Douglas MacArthur�whose forces advanced along the northeast coast of New Guinea and occupied nearby islands. Allied forces from the Pac... |
| | | | Towns in Queensland, North Queensland, Townsville, Aboriginal communities in Queensland, Hidden categories:, CS1 errors: chapter ignored, All articles with dead external links, Articles with dead external links from July 2012, Articles with dead external links from April 2012, Pages with citations lacking titles, Pages with citations having bare URLs, Articles with dead external links from September 2010, Use dmy dates from January 2013, Use Australian English from January 2013, All Wikipedia ar... | | |
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| | | | Coastal cities in Australia, North Queensland, Port cities in Australia, Townsville, 1865 establishments in Australia, Populated places established in 1865, Hidden categories:, All articles with dead external links, Articles with dead external links from July 2012, Articles with dead external links from September 2010, Articles with dead external links from October 2010, Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL, Articles with dead external links from August 2011, Articles with dead exter... | | Townsville- �ta�nzvɪl- is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. Townsville is Australias largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a 2015 population estimate of 200,000, Considered the unofficial capital of North Queensland, Townsville hosts a significant number of governmental, community and major business administrative offices for the northern half ... |
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| | | | | | Willows Shopping Centre is a sub-regional shopping centre, located in Kirwan, a suburb of Townsville, Queensland. It is one of Townsvilles largest shopping centers with a total of 130 retail stores. An Australian Breastfeeding Association five-star-rated parents room is provided, complete with childrens play area, as well as male, female and disabled room facilities. Willows Shopping Centre also hosts Northern Australias largest Big W Department Store at 8,500 sqm as well a revamped Target depar... |
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| | | | 1854 ships, Victorian-era merchant ships of the United Kingdom, Victorian-era merchant ships of Australia, Shipwrecks of Queensland, Maritime incidents in 1875, History of Australia (1851–1900), Maritime history of Australia, Iron and steel steamships of Australia, Barquentines of Australia, Millwall-built ships, Great Barrier Reef, North Queensland, Wreck diving sites, Maritime incidents in Australia, History of Darwin, Northern Territory, Hidden categories:, All articles with dead external l... | | The SS Gothenburg was a steamship that operated along the British and then later the Australian and New Zealand coastlines. In February 1875, she left Darwin, Australia en route to Adelaide when she encountered a cyclone-strength storm off the north Queensland coast. The ship was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef north-west of Holbourne Island on 24 February 1875. Survivors in one of the lifeboats were rescued two days later by the Leichhardt, while the occupants of two other lifeboats that mana... |
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| | | | | | Pine Islet Light, also known as Percy Isles Light, is an active lighthouse located at Pine Islet, a small islet belonging to the Percy Isles group of the Northumberland Islands, about 130 kilometres (81 mi) southeast of Mackay, Queensland, Australia. The original lighthouse, established 1885, was active for a hundred years, until it was deactivated in 1985, by then the last kerosene powered lighthouse in Australia. It was relocated to the Mackay Marina in 1985 and restored to full working condit... |
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| | | | | | Tutuala is a village and suco in the subdistrict of Tutuala (Lautém District, East Timor). It is situated at the extreme eastern end of Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 3,707. The subdistrict of Tutuala comprises two sucos, including Mehara and Tutuala with the subdistrict administrator residing in Tutuala. The suco of Tutuala comprised four hamlets (aldeia): Ioro, Pitileti, Tchailoro, and Vero. The main Fataluku language areas of the country are in Tutuala, as well as Lautem and Fu... |
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| | | | Universities in Queensland, Educational institutions established in 1967, Rockhampton, Buildings and structures in Rockhampton, 1967 establishments in Australia, Hidden categories:, Pages with citations lacking titles, Pages with citations having bare URLs, Use British English from January 2013, Use dmy dates from January 2013, Articles lacking reliable references from September 2012, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2012, All articles containing potentially dated statements... | | Central Queensland University (alternatively known as CQUniversity) is an Australian dual sector university based in Queensland. Its main campus is in North Rockhampton, Queensland. However, it also has campuses in Rockhampton City, Bundaberg, Emerald, Gladstone City, Gladstone Marina, Mackay Ooralea, Mackay City and Noosa, as well as delivery sites in Cairns, Cannonvale, Townsville, Charters Towers, Yeppoon, Biloela, Geraldton, Karratha and Perth. On 31 October 2014, CQUniversity announced that... |
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| | | | Regions of Queensland, Rockhampton, Hidden categories:, Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL, Use British English from January 2013, Use dmy dates from January 2013, Coordinates on Wikidata, All articles with unsourced statements, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2014, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2014, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2015, Articles needing additional references from July... | | |
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| | | | Solomon Islands, Countries in Oceania, Solomon Islands (archipelago), Volcanic arc islands, Melanesia, Island countries, English-speaking countries and territories, Constitutional monarchies, Least developed countries, Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, States and territories established in 1978, Member states of the United Nations, British Western Pacific Territories, Hidden categories:, All articles with dead external links, Articles with dead external links from July 2011, Pages us... | | Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of a large number of islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of 28,400 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). The countrys capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal. The country takes is name from the Solomon Islands archipelago, which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the North Solomon Islands (part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes outlying isl... |
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| | | | | | USS Atlanta (CL-51) of the United States Navy was the lead ship of the Atlanta class of 8 light cruisers. She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Designed to provide anti-aircraft protection for US naval task groups, Atlanta served in this capacity in the naval battles Midway and the Eastern Solomons. Atlanta was heavily damaged by Japanese and friendly gunfire in a night surface action on 13 November 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. The cruiser was sunk... |
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| | | | | | The Boyne Island Aluminium Smelter is located on Boyne Island, Queensland, Australia, approximately 12 km south of the port of Gladstone. The smelter has a production capacity of 545,000 tonnes of aluminium per year The operating company Boyne Smelters Ltd is 59.4% owned by Rio Tinto Alcan with the balance held by a consortium of Japanese participants including Sumitomo, Marubeni, Mitsubishi and YKK Group. 2011 saw the construction of a new carbon bake furnace to replace the original bake furna... |
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| | | | V and W-class destroyers of the Royal Navy, Clyde-built ships, 1918 ships, World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom, V and W-class destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy, World War II destroyers of Australia, Destroyers sunk by aircraft, World War II shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean, Maritime incidents in September 1942, Ships sunk by Japanese aircraft, Hidden categories:, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from September 2010, Articles to be expanded from August 2009, All artic... | | HMAS Voyager (D31- I31) (formerly HMS Voyager (G36- G16- D31)) was a W class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Commissioned into the RN in 1918, the destroyer remained in RN service until 1933, when she was transferred to the RAN. Recommissioned, Voyager served in the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres of World War II until 23 September 1942, when she ran aground while trying to deliver troops to Timor. The ship was damaged by Japanese bombers while trying to refl... |
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| | | | | | Rainbow Valley Conservation Reserve is a protected area located south of Alice Springs, Northern Territory in Australia. The reserve was established to protect the unique sandstone formations and the Aboriginal art, artifacts and sacred natural objects within an area of 24.83 km2 (9.59 sq mi) around a large sandstone bluff. The sandstone layers in the main formation resemble the colored stripes of a rainbow, with the red-orange hues of sandstone that is rich with iron creating a strong contrast ... |
| | | | Timor, International islands, Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, Lesser Sunda Islands, Portuguese colonialism in Indonesia, Outer Banda Arc, Divided regions, Hidden categories:, Pages with citations lacking titles, Pages with DOIs inactive since 2015, Articles to be expanded from June 2015, All articles to be expanded, Geography articles needing translation from German Wikipedia, Pages using deprecated map format, Coordinates on Wikidata, Pages using deprecated coordinates format, A... | | Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between the sovereign states of East Timor, on the eastern part, and Indonesia, on the western part. The Indonesian part, also known as West Timor, constitutes part of the province of East Nusa Tenggara. Within West Timor lies an exclave of East Timor called Oecusse District. The island covers an area of 30,777 square kilometres. The name is a variant of timur, Malay for east; it is s... |
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| | | | | | Sandy Cape Light is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on Sandy Cape, the most northern point on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia. It stands about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of the northeastern tip of the island. It is the tallest lighthouse in Queensland. Built in 1870, it is the second major lighthouse to be built in Queensland after its formation in 1859. It is one of the first lighthouses in Australia to be constructed using bolted prefabricated segments of cast iron, and o... |
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