(Australia,informal) The northern part of the state of Queensland, loosely defined as being north of either Rockhampton or Mackay.
2007, Cheryl Taylor, Elizabeth Perkins, Warm Words: North Queensland Writing, Patrick Buckridge, Belinda McKay (editors), By the Book: A Literary History of Queensland, page 213,
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.
Derived terms
Far North Queensland
References
1984, Peter Bell, Timber and iron: houses in North Queensland mining settlements, 1861-1920