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GrandYeeter
GrandYeeter asked in TravelAustraliaGeneral - Australia · 1 year ago

Why Does New South Wales Go Up A Little Into Queensland-Why Is The Border Bumpy?

N.S.W and Q.L.D.

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  • S123
    1 year ago

    When they went to survey it originally they followed a river.  Then it peeved them off and they drew straight lines....

  • SSP Bowl Dude
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    Follows the Macintyre River.

    Geographic features are often used as borders.

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    It all used to be the colony of New South Wales. The colony of Queensland was named after Queen Victoria. It was drawn on the map before federation and her death in 1901.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 year ago

    because there in a mountain range that goes up the Eastern side of Australia 

  • ausblue
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    cause that's the way it is  

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