Cape York Peninsula
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The Cape York Peninsula is located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest wilderness in northern Australia. The land is mostly flat and about half of the area is used for grazing cattle
Commemorative stone for Edmund B. C. Kennedy, unveiled at Cardwell, 1948. In 1848, Kennedy, Assistant-Surveyor of New South Wales, led an expedition to explore Cape York Peninsula.
The very tip of Cape York, known as Pajinka, from the air.
Sand dunes around Cape Flattery.
Jardine River, northern Cape York Peninsula, at the base of Cape York itself.
Cape York (Queensland)
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Cape York, also known by its Indigenous name Pajinka, is the northernmost point of the mainland of Australia. It is within the locality of Somerset in the Shire of Torres, Queensland.
Cape York Peninsula
…some of its wildlife may be threatened by industry and overgrazing as well as introduced species and weeds. The northernmost point of the peninsula is Cape York. The land has been occupied by a number of Aboriginal Australian peoples for tens of thousands of years. In 1606, Dutch sailor Willem Janszoon on board…
Cape York, 2007