Where is the "Gold Coast" and why is it called that?
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As in answer 2 it was called that for the reason that it had gold, not to mention ivory and timber\n\nSpecifically the Ghana coast in Africa\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_%28British_colony%29\nhttp://crawfurd.dk/africa/ghana_timeline.htm\nhttp://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/goldcoast.htm\n\nThis link will give you data on all the places world wide that have also had the name\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast
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The capital of Australia is not Sydney, Melbourne or Victoria...\n\nThe capital of Australia is Canberra!
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I think you should check your maps before listing something stupid like that!  There is NO border of Queensland and Victoria.
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The Brisbane Cricket Ground is known as The Gabba, due to its location in the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.\n\nAs for Woolloongabba, there are two theories about the meaning of the Aboriginal words from which "Woolloongabba" is derived - "whirling water" or "fight talk place".
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As far as I know, there is no specific 'West Africa', but many small countries in that region.  They were colonies, mostly French-owned, until the late 1950s, when they gained independence.\n\nWierdest name?  The country currently known as Tanzania used to be called Tanganyica.  Wierd.
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The upshot of it is:  Because if you travel along the Eastern Seaboard you will have to pass through [the coasts of] many states that together make up the Eastern Seaboard (like the many panels that makeup a wooden floor, for instance).  In other words, the Eastern Seaboard is a composite coast (though obviously in political and not geological sense) made up of the combined coastlines of many states.  ...Whereas the "West Coast" essentially refers to the Coast of California.   ...Oregon and Washington State coastal area is referred to as the Pacific Northwest (Coast).
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I agree with the other answer, the Great Barrier Reef is off Queensland Australia
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Along the Victorian coast there are the "twelve apostles" columns of rock; but its not twelve and some collapse every now and again.  There might in fact be 100.  That's my best guess.  The other major feature of the Australian coast is the Great Barrier Reef.  It might be worth a wikopedia search.
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Fact: During the early days of the gold rush many easterners came out west looking for gold. Many stopped in Nevada not wanting to make the trip of the Sierras. They mined and mined looking for gold nuggets and all they found were clumps of black metal that they kept throwing out as waste. The black metal was actually pure silver in it's rough, unpolished form and no one realized!\n\nFact: California is called "The Golden State" because of the gold rush of 1949\n\nFact: Pyrite or "Fool's Gold" is often mistaken for gold nuggets but it has little value of it's own.
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Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie (these towns are on the Goldfields). The activity you are talking about is known as fossicking by the locals and the Western Australian Tourist Commission will help with further details and permits etc, Jules, Australia.
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Zone near the coast.\nIt refers to the eco-system where the ocean meets the land.\nNot always a beach.
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australia\n\n\np.s Australia isn't a continent.......Oceania is the continent which includes Australia, New Zealand, Fiji etc.....
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I don't know, but it's apparently somewhere in Australia..\n\nCheck this out:\nhttp://www.gnomon.com.au/publications/bsd/990116.shtml
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cause Steve Irwin lives there
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no, its a country and also name of a continent. \n\ncountries in australian continent are: australia, new zealand and papua new guinea.
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The following site is a list of caravan parks and camping grounds on the Gold Coast. \n\nhttp://www.reflections.com.au/GoldCoast/Hotels/CaravanParksandCamping.html
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It is based on geographic location the colors of compass direction.\n\nIn older times The Red Sea was also called the Southern Sea.