The Palmer River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area surrounding the river was the site of a gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1873.
A gold mining dredge on the Palmer River
The earliest known letter from the goldfield
Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf Country. The waters of Torres Strait include the only international border in the area contiguous with the Australian mainland, between Australia and Papua New Guinea.
View from Daintree National Park, 2009
Crops near Cardwell, Far North Queensland
Bloomfield Track in the Daintree Rainforest