Regions
There are 9 major regions of Queensland. These include South East Queensland, Darling Downs which includes the Granite Belt, Central Queensland encompassing the Mackay and Fitzroy regions, South West Queensland containing the Maranoa, Central West, Wide Bay-Burnett which includes the South Burnett, North Queensland, Gulf Country and Far North Queensland which includes the Atherton Tablelands. The Darling Downs and South East Queensland regions were the first to be settled. There are 15 bioregions found in Queensland, including Cape York Peninsula, Channel Country, Brigalow Belt and Mulga Lands.
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“We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.”
—Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)
“Nature seems to have taken a particular Care to disseminate her Blessings among the different Regions of the World, with an Eye to this mutual Intercourse and Traffick among Mankind, that the Natives of the several Parts of the Globe might have a kind of Dependance [sic] upon one another, and be united together by their common Interest.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“In common with other rural regions much of the Iowa farm lore concerns the coming of company. When the rooster crows in the doorway, or the cat licks his fur, company is on the way.”
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