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Cape York Peninsula

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Cape York Peninsula, 280 mi (451 km) long, N Queensland, Australia, between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea. It is largely tropical jungle and sparsely populated. The Northern Peninsula Aboriginal Reserve is there. Weipa (1991 pop. 2,510) is the largest town.


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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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