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According to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland in 2011, Dysart had a median rent of $1,200 a week for a house, making it the most expensive in Queensland. [23] In 2012, the median house price in the town was $475,000. [24] The closure of the Norwich Park Mine was expected to bring property prices down. [25]
Greenslopes was named after an early estate in the area. [14] [15] The estate was owned by Frederick Wecker, who purchased the land in 1857. [16] He grew lucerne on a part of his land that he (or perhaps others) called the "green slopes". [17] [18] The name was used for a real estate development, the "Green Slopes Estate," formed by the 1881 ...
The area was officially named Kawana Waters on 1 November 1968, having previously been known as Kawana Island. [1] Earthmoving activities conducted during the development of the area uncovered more than 100 pieces of unexploded ordnance between 1970 and 1995. [3] They were remnants of World War II live-fire training exercises. [3]
The district was named for Anthelme Thozet, first director of the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens in the 1860s. Frenchmans Creek which runs through the area was also named for Thozet. The area was completely rural in character until the late 1960s, with small holdings and dairy farms predominating. A State primary school was established in 1900.
In 2019, a proposal was put forward that the localities of Glenlee, Rockyview and Glendale (all within the Shire of Livingstone) should become part of the Rockhampton Region. The main rationales for the change were that these localities lay in the path of suburban growth to the north of Rockhampton and that the residents of these localities ...
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West Rockhampton is a suburb of Rockhampton in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census , West Rockhampton had a population of 1,848 people. [ 1 ]
Rockhampton Special School is a primary and secondary (Preparatory to Year 12) special education school for boys and girls at 91–115 William Street ( 46] [47] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 63 students with 18 teachers (17 full-time equivalent) and 23 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent).