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Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula, an area of about 220,000 sq km, is the northern-most part of Queensland. For the purpose of this description it is taken to be the mainland north of a line between Normanton on the west and Innisfail on the east. Cape York is at the extreme northern tip of the peninsula, about 25 km from north to south, named in August 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook 'in honour of His Royal Highness, the Duke of York'.
Further Reading:
G.C. Bolton, A thousand miles away: a history of north Queensland to 1920, Canberra, ANU Press 1992
Dawn Frith, Cape York Peninsula: a natural history, Malanda, Frith and Frith, 2006
C.P. Harris, Local government and regionalism in Queensland 1859 to 1977, Canberra, Australian National University, 1978
Hector Holthouse, The Australian Geographic book of Cape York, Terrey Hills, Australian Geographic Pty Ltd, 1991
R. Logan Jack, Northmost Australia, Victoria Park, Western Australia, Hesperian Press (facsimile), 1998
Ron and Viv Moon, Cape York: an adventurer's guide, 11th edition, Pearcedale, Victoria, Moon Adventure Publications, 2008
Percy Trezise, Rock art of south-east Cape York, Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1971
Towns and Cities: Cairns, Cooktown, Normanton, Weipa entries
Municipal: Atherton, Carpentaria, Douglas, Eacham, Herberton, Johnstone, Mareeba and Mulgrave Shire entries
Aboriginal Communities: Aurukun, Bamaga, Hope Vale, Kowanyama, Lockhart River, Mapoon, Napranum and Yarrabah entries
Other: Atherton Tableland, Hodgkinson Minerals Area and Palmer River entries
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