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= Queensland = Aboriginals came to Australia 120 000 years ago and they lived in 208 clans all over the mainland. They spoke 90 many different indigenous languages. In Queensland there were 100 000 Aboriginals on the land. When Europeans settled into Queensland they didn’t respect the Aboriginals at all. Aboriginals started setting fire to the land so it made it easier to travel by foot and to flush out the animals. In 1824 Queensland was invade by the Englishmen. When they settled they didn’t respect the Aboriginals because Europeans believe they were inferior. The first European settlement was at Moreton bay in 1824. It was John Oxley who said it was a good place to put convicts. There were 29 Europeans in the first settlement. It got moved to the north banks of Brisbane River in 1825. Brisbane now stands there.
 * History **
 * Aboriginal History **
 * European Settlement **

Queensland Parliament has only one house – The Legislative assembly. The state Government is in charge of Education, Transport (roads, railways) Health and hospitals, local Government, law and order and Environment protection. Their current Premier is Anne Bligh. Every four years there is an election for the government. Everyone over eighteen has to vote or else they will be fined. There are 89 members in the parliament. In 1993 there were 6504 police officers in Queensland. They have 14 specialist units which offer assistance to local police. There are 9 men prisons and 2 lady prisons in the state.
 * GOVERNMENT AND LAWS [[image:government_house2.jpg width="180" height="135" align="right"]] **

There are a large number of attractions and landmarks in Queensland. One of the biggest attractions is The Great Barrier Reef. It is a beautiful reef of the Whit Sundays Islands. They are good little Islands to stay for a honeymoon, holiday or just for a day trip. The Q1 is standing at 322.5m high (1,058ft). You can find it at the cold coast. It is one of the biggest buildings in Au stralia. The Story Bridge is in Brisbane and it is 777m long bridge which is (2549ft). It was opened in 1940. It is old but still really save. The Glasshouse Mountain is on the Sunshine coast which is 70km north of Brisbane. The Gold Coast is called the Theme Park capital of the southern hemisphere. There are five theme parks in Queensland and they are Wet and Wild, Movie World, Sea World, White Water World and Dream World.
 * LANDMARK AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS**

There are a lot of native plants and animals in Queensland. Some of the native animals depend on the native plants for there food. Queensland also has the greatest variety of naive plant groups in Australia. National parks and others protect all native wildlife in there state. These are the most popular native animals in Queensland Crocodiles, Koalas, Kangaroos, Snakes, Wombat and bids.
 * N[[image:cassia.jpg width="113" height="110" align="left"]]ATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS [[image:koala.jpg align="right"]] **

MAPPING AND DIRECTIONS ** The state of Queensland is 1,730,648 sq km in area. It takes 2 hours on a plane and in a car it takes 21 hours from Melbourne and the distance is 1,700km to Brisbane. It takes about 19 hours from Bendigo in a car. You can’t fly from Bendigo because there are no big jets at the Bendigo Airport. The latitude is 22°S and the longitude is 142°e.

Queensland's capital city is Brisbane. There are 4,182,100 people in the state, who mostly live in Brisbane. It is very hot up there in summer and in winter it’s flooding because of cyclones. It is very humid up there. The floral emblem is the Cooktown Orchid and the faunal emblem is the koala and the bird emblem is the Brolga. Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. The coat of arms is the same as Australia’s but different animals and colours on it.
 * FACTS[[image:queensland-coat-of-arms.jpg width="165" height="110" align="right" caption=" Queensland coat or arms"]] **

=References= =1.Books=

Gott, R 1997, //Queensland//, Hienemann Library, Melbourne Morrissey, D 1984, //Queensland//, Macmillan company, Melbourne

=2.Sites= Google[|http://www.google.com] Answers corpation[|http://www.wiki.answers.com] A Wikimedia project[|http://www.wikipedia.com] Queensland Government[]