Queensland UK /ˈkwiːnz.lænd/US /ˈkwiːnzlənd/ noun1 •A state of Australia, located in the northeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1859 to 1901. Capital: Brisbane.Dr. Michela Mitchell, a taxonomist at the Queensland Museum Network, said in a statement released by Ocean Census it could be a type of deep-sea coral called octocoral. — 2024