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Cape York Peninsula

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Cape York Peninsula
A peninsula of northeast Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea.
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Noun1.Cape York Peninsula - a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea
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
Queensland - a state in northeastern Australia
Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
Cape York - the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland


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The northern marine boundary, passing within a few kilometres of Papua New Guinea''s coastline, includes the 200-odd islands lying off Cape York Peninsula in the Torres Strait; to the east, it includes all the islands within the Great Barrier Reef.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The stations abut national parks on Cape York Peninsula and the South Australian-Queensland border, including south-west Queensland's Simpson Desert National Park.
McIlwraith was the seventh Cape York Peninsula property to be handed back to Traditional Owners through the Cape York Tenure Resolution Implementation Group (CYTRIG), of which ACF is a member along with Indigenous groups and Queensland Government representatives.
 
 
 
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