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2 unusual facts about Cape York


Cape York

Cape York Peninsula, a large peninsula located in Queensland, Australia

Cape York meteorite, meteorite found in 1894 near Cape York, Greenland


Alan Dargin

He has contributed to albums by many famous artists such as Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Jimmy Barnes, Tommy Emmanuel, Wallace Buchanan (Jamiroquai), Yothu Yindi, Alison Brown and Don Burrows, and filmed a documentary about Cape York with Jacques Cousteau.

Dainty green tree frog

It ranges from northern Cape York in Queensland to Gosford in New South Wales, with a small and most likely introduced population in Hornsby Heights in Sydney.

Forest Kingfisher

The Forest Kingfisher is native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Australia, where it is found on or near the Australian Coastline from Port Stephens in New South Wales northwards to Cape York and westwards across the Top End.

Harald Moltke

The expedition was a dog sled journey along the unmapped north-west coast of Greenland from Upernavik to Cape York close to Thule.

MV True North

Each year, she does one circumnavigation of Australia offering exclusive, luxury expeditions in Papua New Guinea, Cape York, Great Barrier Reef, Sydney, South Australia and, from 2010, Solomon Islands.

No. 34 Squadron RAAF

October 1944 saw a detachment of the squadron operating from Cape York in Far North Queensland to bases in the Dutch East Indies.

Ray Crooke

He spent time in Townsville, Cape York and other parts of northern Australia during the Second World War.

Topknot Pigeon

Birds can often be found from Cape York in Queensland to the South Coast of New South Wales near the coast but have been seen as far south as Tasmania and the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, depending on food availability.


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Lakeland, Queensland

The village is named for William Lakeland who was born in 1844 at Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and was one of the earliest and most energetic prospectors of Cape York Peninsula.

Narcisse Pelletier

He was then taken to the small administrative outpost of Somerset, at the tip of Cape York, from where a report of his discovery was sent to the Colonial Secretary, Arthur Macalister.

Quoin Island

Quoin Island, Torres Strait North of Cape York Peninsula, Australia

Steve Wettenhall

He also continued to represent indigenous clients in Cape York and was retained periodically by Aboriginal legal services in the Torres Strait, Gulf of Carpentaria, Mount Isa and Cairns to represent their clients.

Thule Tradition

There are several major archaeological research projects that have been conducted on the Thule culture including the Torngat Archaeological Project, Somerset Island, The Clachan site, Coronation Gulf, Nelson River, Baffin Island, Victoria Island, the Bell site, Devon Island- QkHn-12, and the Cape York projects.

Wik

Wik peoples, several Australian Aboriginal groups of Cape York Peninsula