Queensland is a state situated in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states. Queensland is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity; it is larger than all but 15 countries. Due to its size, Queensland's geographical features and climates are diverse, including tropical rainforests, rivers, coral reefs, mountain ranges and sandy beaches in its tropical and sub-tropical coastal regions, as well as deserts and savanna in the semi-arid and desert climatic regions of its interior. Queensland was one of the largest regions of pre-colonial Aboriginal population in Australia. Aboriginal settlement in Queensland is thought to predate 50,000 BC and incorporated more than 90 different language groups. The series of photographs was made on a first visit to Australia. Travelling through Queensland, from the ocean, through city and hinterland. 'It’s all an illusion' he said 'Under all of this there are rivers and swamps'