Queensland

[ kweenz-land, -luh nd ]

/ ˈkwinzˌlænd, -lənd /

noun

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

Example sentences from the Web for queensland

He last visited Australia in March 2011 to visit flood-damaged areas of Queensland and Victoria.

Prince George To Accompany Will and Kate on Trip Down Under |Tom Sykes |December 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Harry spent time in Australia in 2003 during his gap year, working as a “jackaroo” at a Queensland cattle station.

Harry To Travel To Australia Next Month |Tom Sykes |September 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Australia Ever Present: Photographs From the Collection 1850–1975, Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, June 8–October 7.

Best of Art for June |William O’Connor |June 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Quilts 1700–1945, Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, June 15–September 22.

Best of Art for June |William O’Connor |June 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Tropical cyclone Oswald has produced a blanketing of sea foam in parts of Queensland, Australia.

A Giant Bubble Bath |Ilana Glazer |January 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
If the Northern territory is ever to be rendered habitable, it must be by Queensland that the work is done.

Greater Britain |Charles Wentworth Dilke
The volcanic soils of Queensland are those best adapted for the grazier and agriculturist.

Early Days in North Queensland |Edward Palmer
So I told her how we made it up to meet somewhere near the Queensland border.

Robbery Under Arms |Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
He was a hardworking miner in a gold claim at Gympie, one of the most permanent reefing fields in Queensland.

Two Years Among the Savages of New Guinea. |W. D. Pitcairn
An epidemic of infantile gastroenteritis in Queensland caused by Salmonella bovis-morbificans (Basenau).

The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches |Louis M. Roth

British Dictionary definitions for queensland

Queensland

/ (ˈkwiːnzˌlænd, -lənd) /

noun

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)

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