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7 unusual facts about Far North Queensland


Australian Brushturkey

The Australian Brushturkey or Australian Brush-turkey, (Alectura lathami), also frequently called the Scrub Turkey or Bush Turkey, is a common, widespread species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae found in eastern Australia from Far North Queensland to Illawarra in New South Wales.

Francis Lascelles Jardine

Francis Lascelles (Frank) Jardine (28 August 1841 – 1919) was an Australian pioneer associated with the exploration and settlement of Far North Queensland.

Mertens' water monitor

The monitor is found in coastal and inland waters across much of northern Australia, from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, across the Top End of the Northern Territory and the Gulf Country, to the western side of the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland.

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.

No. 76 Wing RAAF

Initially based in Far North Queensland, its headquarters transferred to Darwin, Northern Territory, in September 1944 to take control of three PBY Catalina units, Nos. 20, 42, and 43 Squadrons.

Red Goshawk

Sites identified by BirdLife International as being important for Red Goshawk conservation are Lilyvale in Far North Queensland, Kakadu Savanna and the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory, and Mornington Sanctuary in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Wayne Ormond

Ormond grew up on his family’s cattle property in Far North Queensland.


Buff-breasted Buttonquail

Sites identified by BirdLife International as being important for Buff-breasted Buttonquail conservation are the Iron and McIlwraith Ranges, and the Morehead River of Far North Queensland.

Kuku Yalanji people

Kuku Yalanji people are indigenous in Australia, originating from the rainforest regions of Far North Queensland and speaking the language Kuku Yalanji; also spelt Gugu Yalanji and here Guugu Yalandji as variants in English transliteration spellings.


see also

Electoral district of Leichhardt

Division of Leichhardt, an electorate of the Australian House of Representatives, based in far north Queensland

Jack Mundey

Jack Mundey was born on 17 October 1929 in Malanda 100 km west of Cairns on the Atherton Tableland in far north Queensland and one of five children.

Phaius pictus

It is found from 0-600 metres in a relatively small restricted area in the McIlwraith Range, and from the Bloomfield River to the Kirrama Range, in Far North Queensland, Australia.