Queensland has long been described as comprising very distinct demographies borne of very different geographies, industries, civic cultures and voter behaviours. This variegation of Queensland political, economic and cultural life has usually been acknowledged by way of the so-called 'two Queenslands' thesis - a thesis itself manifest in two distinct interpretations: a divide between coastal Queensland and the rural interior and, more commonly, a divide between Brisbane and 'the bush'. Given Queensland's enormous physical size of 1.85 million km, it is perhaps unremarkable such strong contrasts should be found among the most decentralised population of any Australian state or territory.