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Cape York

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Cape York
n
(Placename) the northernmost point of the Australian mainland, in N Queensland on the Torres Strait at the tip of Cape York Peninsula (a peninsula between the Coral Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria).
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Noun1.Cape York - the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland
Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
Cape York Peninsula - a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea


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Criminologist Tanya Major, an ATSIC counsellor from Cape York, said it is difficult to get people in isolated communities to report sex crimes because of the retribution they suffer.
Headed by Queensland Indigenous lawyer Noel Pearson, the Cape York Institute intends to 'promote Indigenous participation in public policy debate' with a think tank; leadership, policy and research programs; and educational courses to provide skills for people involved in Indigenous issues.
Large incursions of the virus in 1995 and 1998 were linked with low-pressure systems that sustained strong northerly winds from New Guinea to the Cape York Peninsula.
 
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