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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Cape York Peninsula, Fingal Bay, New South Wales, Cape Leeuwin, Point Wilson, Victoria, Wilsons Promontory, Fingal Head, New South Wales, Cape Peron, Cape Woolamai, Victoria, Extreme points of Australia, Point Danger, Point Hicks, Cape Sorell, Laggers Point, Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Cape Otway, Smoky Cape, Sandy Cape, Cape Moreton, Bennelong Point, New South Wales, Point Lillias, Cape Naturaliste, Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, Double Island Point, Forby Sutherland, Bradleys Head, Cape Jervis, South Australia, Rame Head, Five southernmost capes, Cape du Couedic, Cape Byron, Cape Freycinet, Cape Leveque, South East Cape, Alexandra Headland, Queensland, Point Walter, Point Culver, Indian Head, Limeburner Point, Cape Howe, Cape Capricorn, Bass Point, Red Point, Malabar Headland, Cape Hawke, Preston Point, Cape Spencer, Cape Manifold, Cape Melville, Crowdy Head, South West Cape. Excerpt: Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland at the tip of the state of Queensland, Australia, the largest unspoilt wilderness in eastern Australia and one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth. Although the land is mostly flat and about half of the area is used for grazing cattle, and wildlife is threatened by introduced species and weeds, the relatively undisturbed eucalyptus wooded savannahs, tropical rainforests and other types of habitat are now recognized for their global environmental significance. Map of Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland, Australia Edmund Kennedy was the first European explorer to attempt an overland expedition of Cape York Peninsula. He had been second-in-command to Thomas Livingstone Mitchell in 1846 when the Barcoo river was discovered. The aim was to blaze a trail to the tip of the cape where some Sydney businessmen thought of developing a port for trade w...
