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Queensland

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Queensland was established on January 1, 1859 . It has a population of 5.6 million as of 2024 [1] and covers an area of 1.7 million square kilometers [2]. The territory observes the time zone UTC+10:00, also designated as Australia/Brisbane [3].

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Australia[3]
  • Country: Australia[4]
  • Head of government: Annastacia Palaszczuk[5], Steven Miles[6]
  • Continent: Oceania[7]
  • Head of state: Jeannette Young[8]
  • Capital: Brisbane[9]
  • Shares border with: South Australia[10], New South Wales[11], Northern Territory[12]
  • Named after: Victoria[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Shire of Aurukun[14], Shire of Balonne[15], Shire of Banana[16], Barcaldine Region[17], Shire of Barcoo[18], Blackall-Tambo Region[19], Shire of Boulia[20], City of Brisbane[21], Shire of Bulloo[22], Cairns Region[23], Shire of Carpentaria[24], Cassowary Coast Region[25], Central Highlands Region[26], Charters Towers Region[27]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Queensland include Lockhart River Airport[28], an airport[29], in Australia[30]; Rhabdochaeta queenslandica[31], a taxon[32]; and Tamopsis queenslandica[33], a taxon[34].

Why It Matters

Queensland has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Queensland is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Queensland include Lockhart River Airport[28], an airport[29], in Australia[30]; Rhabdochaeta queenslandica[31], a taxon[32]; and Tamopsis queenslandica[33], a taxon[34].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · InactiveSponge · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 168
    Instance of → state of Australia
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'ace', 'af', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'a
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: colony"
  2. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017): kvinslend-cdfcfd"
  3. 13w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 12458
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 12458, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167483540|QUEENSLAND (#167483540)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia"
  4. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2A47Or
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → queensland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: queensland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953036|queensland (#289953036)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
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