Warm words: North Queensland writing

Abstract

Despite the failure of attempts to form a separate state, the idea of North Queensland as a distinctive region has existed powerfully almost from first settlement. While advocates of Separation have not succeeded in negotiating either boundaries or a capital, the political failure has undoubtedly added force to the idea. The purpose of this brief survey is to investigate complexities inherent in the idea of North Queensland by surveying the prose and poetry produced by that as yet not fully defined geographical unit.