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The Royal Hotel opened on the corner of Mount Usher Road and Oleander Street on 5 March 1897 under licensee Samuel Heiser; the hotel is still operating in 2014. [ 10 ] Mount Usher Receiving Office opened by 1899, was raised to post office status in 1900, closed in 1906, reopened in 1909, was reduced in status in 1913, was renamed Bouldercombe ...
Electoral district of Rockhampton, 1865 Electoral map of Rockhampton 2008. Rockhampton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. [1] Wedged between the electoral districts of Keppel to the east and Mirani to the west, Rockhampton encompasses the bulk of the regional city of Rockhampton and many ...
Port Curtis Road State School, 2021. Port Curtis Road State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Port Curtis Road (20] [21]. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 54 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). [22]
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. [3] In the 2021 census, the population of Rockhampton was 79,293. [4] A common nickname for Rockhampton is 'Rocky', and the demonym of Rockhampton is Rockhamptonite.
It is located on the central Queensland coast and its centre has always been the city of Rockhampton. On its current boundaries it also includes the town of Yeppoon and Ooralea, Marian and Sarina, all southern suburbs of Mackay. The first election saw Alexander Paterson, with 51% of votes, narrowly elected over the ALP candidate Wallace Nelson ...
Westwood is a town in the Rockhampton Region and a locality split between the Rockhampton Region and the Shire of Banana in Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] [4] It was the first town that was gazetted by the Queensland Government. In the 2021 census, the locality of Westwood had a population of 199 people. [1]
The North Rockhampton to Emu Park railway line was a branch line of the North Coast railway line. The railway allowed Rockhampton people easy access to seaside recreation at Emu Park. The railway line was officially opened on Saturday 22 December 1888 by Archibald Archer, the local Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Rockhampton. [9]
John Ferguson arrived in Rockhampton during the 1860s and quickly established himself as a builder and contractor. In 1884, he purchased a large share in the Mount Morgan mine, becoming very wealthy when the public company was floated. He was a prominent political figure in Rockhampton and later a Senator in the first Australian federal ...