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The county of Banks is one of the counties of Queensland, Australia, that existed before 1901. It is located in Far North Queensland, and is named for Sir Joseph Banks, who with Captain James Cook landed in 1770 at a location within the county. Banks includes the towns of Cooktown, Lakeland and Laura. [1]
Far North Queensland is the northernmost part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Centered on the city of Cairns, the region stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf Country. The region has Australia's only international border, with the independent nation of Papua New Guinea.
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences.
Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.
Bathurst Bay is a bay in the localities of Lakefield and Starcke in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. In the 19th century it was the base for the pearling fleet. It is now a tourist attraction on Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, Australia, near the Great Barrier Reef.
The Qantas Founders Outback Museum is a museum located in Longreach, Queensland, Australia. The Qantas Founders Museum is located 177 km. from Winton, Queensland the original home of Qantas. The museum was opened on 9 June 1996 in the heritage-listed Qantas Hangar. Stage 2 of the Qantas Founders Museum was part of a 1999 A$110 million Queensland and federal government project, the heritage trails network.
The Northumberland Islands are a scattered island chain off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.
The Mount Mulligan mine disaster occurred on 19 September 1921 in Mount Mulligan, Far North Queensland, Australia. A series of explosions in the local coal mine, audible as much as 30 km away, rocked the close-knit township.
Obišovce is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Végegyháza is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
Bumgyê is a township in Gonjo County, the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies at an altitude of 3,933 metres.
Wiszczelice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica Kujawska, within Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Izbica Kujawska, 33 km (21 mi) south-west of Włocławek, and 75 km (47 mi) south of Toruń.
Rusaki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mońki, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Mońki and 36 km (22 mi) north-west of the regional capital Białystok.
Banks Creek is a rural locality split between the City of Brisbane and Somerset Region in Queensland, Australia. The locality is also split for the purposes of state and federal elections.
Zbarzewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włoszakowice, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Włoszakowice, 13 km (8 mi) west of Leszno, and 70 km (43 mi) south-west of the regional capital Poznań.
Rzeki Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłomnice, within Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Kłomnice, 21 km (13 mi) east of Częstochowa, and 74 km (46 mi) north of the regional capital Katowice.
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Schořov is a village and municipality in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
Szakácsi is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary. Szakácsi has 150 inhabitants and is situated on either side of the Vadasz-patak (stream) against the hills. It has two churches, a village house, a shop for basic necessities, a slow food restaurant, a bus and two flocks of sheep.
Iztochnik is a village in Gabrovo Municipality, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria.
McNair Nunatak is a small, clearly defined rock exposure in Antarctica, situated 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of the central part of the Masson Range and 5 nautical miles (9 km) south-southeast of Russell Nunatak. It was first seen by R. Dovers during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions southern journey of 1954, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Richard McNair, a cook at Mawson Station in 1955.
The county of Cook is a cadastral division of Queensland, centred on the city of Bundaberg, and its name honours Captain James Cook. It was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.
The Shire of Daintree is a former local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. It comprised the coastal strip surrounding Cooktown but excluded the town itself which had been established as the Borough of Cooktown in 1886.
The Shire of Hann is a former local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Coordinates: 15°23′S144°52′E / 15.383°S 144.867°E
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