Semenanjung Cape York

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**Semenanjung Cape York** merupakan sebuah semenanjung di utara Queensland, Australia. **Cape** **York** merupakan ujung semenanjung dan titik paling utara di benua Australia. Dinamai oleh Lt. James Cook tahun 1770 setelah Yang Mulia Adipati York.

Dari ujungnya, terdapat jarak 140 km menuju Nugini melintasi Selat Torres. Pantai barat berbatasan dengan Teluk Carpentaria dan pantai timur berbatasan dengan Laut Koral. Semenanjung Cape York memiliki luas 137.000&nbsp;km² dan memiliki jumlah penduduk sekitar 18.000 jiwa, kebanyakan dari mereka Aborigin dan Penduduk Pulau Selat Torres.

## Fisiografi
Wilayah ini juga dikenal sebagai **Platform Tanjung York**, yang mana merupakan salah satu provinsi fisiografis dalam divisi besar Cordillera Australia Timur. Daerah ini juga meliputi bagian fisiografis Coen Belt dan Selat Torres.

## Catatan kaki

## Daftar pustaka
* Hough, Richard. 1994. *Captain James Cook: a biography*. Hodder and Stroughton, London. ISBN 0-340-58598-6.
* Pike, Glenville. 1979. *Queen of the North: A Pictorial History of Cooktown and Cape York Peninsula*. G. Pike. ISBN 0-9598960-5-8.
* Moon, Ron & Viv. 2003. *Cape York: An Adventurer's Guide*. 9th edition. Moon Adventure Publications, Pearcedale, Victoria. ISBN 0-9578766-4-5
* Moore, David R. 1979. *Islanders and Aborigines at Cape York: An ethnographic reconstruction based on the 1848-1850 '[[HMS Rattlesnake (1822)|Rattlesnake]]' Journals of [[Oswald Walters Brierly|O. W. Brierly]] and information he obtained from Barbara Thompson*. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Canberra. ISBN 0-85575-076-6 (hbk); 0-85575-082-0 (pbk). USA edition ISBN 0-391-00946-X (hbk); 0-391-00948-6 (pbk).
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* Trezise, P.J. 1969. *Quinkan Country: Adventures in Search of Aboriginal Cave Paintings in Cape York*. A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney.
* Trezise, Percy. 1973. *Last Days of a Wilderness*. William Collins (Aust) Ltd., Brisbane. ISBN 0-00-211434-8.
* Trezise, P.J. 1993. *Dream Road: A Journey of Discovery.* Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, Sydney.
* Haviland, John B. with Hart, Roger. 1998. *Old Man Fog and the Last Aborigines of Barrow Point*. Crawford House Publishing, Bathurst.
* Premier's Department (prepared by Connell Wagner). 1989. *Cape York Peninsula Resource Analysis*. Cairns. (1989). ISBN 0-7242-7008-6.
* Roth, W.E. 1897. *The Queensland Aborigines*. 3 Vols. Reprint: Facsimilie Edition, Hesperian Press, Victoria Park, W.A., 1984. ISBN 0-85905-054-8
* Ryan, Michelle and Burwell, Colin, eds. 2000. *Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland: Cooktown to Mackay*. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. ISBN 0-85905-045-9 (set of 3 vols).
* Scarth-Johnson, Vera. 2000. *National Treasures: Flowering plants of Cooktown and Northern Australia*. Vera Scarth-Johnson Gallery Association, Cooktown. ISBN 0-646-39726-5 (pbk); ISBN 0-646-39725-7 Limited Edition - Leather Bound.
* Sutton, Peter (ed). *Languages of Cape York: Papers presented to a Symposium organised by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies*. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. (1976). ISBN 0-85575-046-4
* Wallace, Lennie. 2000. *Nomads of the 19th Century Queensland Goldfields*. Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton. ISBN 1-875998-89-6
* Wallace, Lennie. 2003. *Cape York Peninsula: A History of Unlauded Heroes 1845-2003*. Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton. ISBN 1-876780-43-6
* Wynter, Jo and Hill, John. 1991. *Cape York Peninsula: Pathways to Community Economic Development*. The Final Report of The Community Economic Development Projects Cook Shire. Cook Shire Council.

## Pranala luar
* Cooktown and Cook Shire official website