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9. Region Q.l. Cloncurry. Cloncurry. 



It is the extreme north west of Queensland, and has somewhat artifical bounda- 

 ries, lut differs considerably from the rest of that State. Elsewhere Taylor calls it 

 the Western Plains Region. On the north its limit is the Gulf of Carpentaria, on the 

 west the Northern Territory, on the south South Australia, and on the east an arbitrary 

 line running along the Beal Range to Opalton (near Longreach) and thence north (along 

 Long. 143 deg.) to Shelbume Bay. 



10. Region Q.2. Townsville. Townsville. 



This is the extreme north-east of Queensland, and is elsewhere referred to as 

 the Tropical Highlands. The boundaries consist of the Pacific Ocean on the east, 

 and the Tropic of Capricorn on the south. On the west we have an arbitrary line 

 lunning from Shelburne Bay on the north, through Winton, to cross the tropic near 

 Opalton. For the greater part of its course this line agrees fairly well with the 500 

 feet contour. 



11. Region Q.3. Brisbane. Brisbane. 



The southern portion of Queensland and the northern portion of New South 

 "Wales. "Temperate Highlands." The northern boundary is the Tropic of Capricorn, 

 the southern boundarv is a line joining Newcastle to the extreme north-west of New 

 South Wales near Milparinka. On the east is the Pacific Ocean, while the western 

 boundary runs from the corner of New South Wales to the Beal Range, and thence 

 to the tropic near Winton. 



12. Region N.l. Darling-Lachlan. Broken Hill. 



This comprises most of the lowland region of New South Wales, including the 

 basins of the Darling, Lachlan and Lower Murrumbidgee Rivers. Its northern boundary 

 is somewhat north of the Dubbo, Nymian, Bourke, Milparinka line (which agrees for 

 a considerable distance with the boundary between the Artesian Basin and the ancient 

 G bar peneplain). On the east the boundary is close to the 1,000 feet contour ; 

 on th south the boundary is the Murray River, and the west South Australia. 



13. Region N.2. Canberra. Sydney. 



It includes the chief highlands of the Continent. On the north is the Hunter 

 Valley, with the Cassilis GeocoL On the west a line from near Cassilis to Wilson's 

 Promontory. The southern and eastern boundaries are Bass's Straits and the Tasman 

 Sea. It comprises south-eastern New South Wales, and Gippsland, Victoria,, 



