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South East Queensland (SEQ) is a bio-geographical,metropolitan,political and administrative region of the state of Queensland in Australia,with a population of approximately 3.8 million people out of the state's population of 5.1 million. The area covered by South East Queensland varies,depending on the definition of the region,though it tends to include Queensland's three largest cities:the capital city Brisbane;the Gold Coast;and the Sunshine Coast. Its most common use is for political purposes,and covers 35,248 square kilometres (13,609 sq mi) and incorporates 11 local government areas,extending 240 kilometres (150 mi) from Noosa in the north to the Gold Coast and New South Wales border in the south,and 140 kilometres (87 mi) west to Toowoomba.
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Edwin Stanley "Nigger" Brown (1898–1972) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1910s and 1920s. A Queensland state and Australian international representative centre,he played club rugby in Toowoomba for Newtown.
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Anthony James Bourke is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1980,representing the electorate of Lockyer. A long-term Toowoomba councillor,he later served as Mayor of Toowoomba from 1997 to 2000.
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Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport is an airport in Wellcamp,8.4 nautical miles west from the CBD of Toowoomba,Queensland,Australia. It was known as Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport until November 2017.
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Darren Ross Power is an Australian politician currently serving as the Mayor of the City of Logan. Prior to his election as mayor,Power served as Logan City Councillor for Division 10 from 1997 to 2019,and as Advocate for the City of Logan from 2019 to 2020. He is the father of professional gamers Lachlan Power and Mitchell Power who are from the esports team PWR.
Geoff McDonald is an Australian politician who has served as Mayor of Toowoomba,Queensland since 2023. He was elected to the mayoralty by councillors after retirement of his predecessor,Paul Antonio. Prior to his election to the mayoralty,McDonald served as a councillor for the Toowoomba Region between 2012 and 2023,and as deputy mayor since 2020.
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- ↑ "2014 Distinguished Past Student winner Paul Antonio". uq.edu.au. University of Queenslaand. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ↑ "Big changes in first poll after Queensland council corruption probe". brisbanetimes.com.au. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ↑ "Results - Toowoomba Regional Mayor". ECQ. Electoral Commission of Queensland. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ↑ "Toowoomba voters plenty to pick from on the ballot paper". Queensland Country Life. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ↑ "Cr Paul Antonio". trc.qld.gov.au. Toowoomba Regional Council. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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