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Queensland vs Bananaland - What's the difference?

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queensland

English

(wikipedia Queensland)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • One of the six states of Australia, occupying the north-eastern part of the continent, with its capital at Brisbane.
  • (historical) (1859 - 1901) The self governing colony of what is now the state of Queensland.

    • Derived terms

    * QLD

    Related terms

    * North Queensland

    bananaland

    English

    Proper noun

    (-)
  • (Australia, slang) Queensland.
  • * 1896 , , Hungerford'', ''While the Billy Boils: First Series'', reprinted in [no date scanned] ''Poems and Stories by Henry Lawson: The Originals , Hayes Barton Press, page 30,
    • The post office is in New South Wales, and the police-barracks in Bananaland .
  • * 2007 , Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push , page 145,
    • But it's ages before the news gets up north to Bananaland that the ASL has passed more motions against agitators than you can poke a stick at, especially if they agitate amongst the unemployed.
  • * 2010 , Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales , page 216,
    • The recompense ‘James’ required from the Government was three miles depth of frontage along the whole route; but the representatives of the people in Bananaland thought the offer was a bit one-sided, and declined to negotiate.

    See also

    * banana bender