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Encyclopedia Britannica



ROCKHAMPTON

This article appears in Volume V23, Page 434 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: RHY-RON
ROCKHAMPTON , a town of Livingstone county, Queensland, Australia, on the Fitzroy river 43 M. from its mouth, 335 M. in a direct line N.W. of
Brisbane
 . It has a beautiful situation, and its climate, in spite of heat, is healthy. It is the port of a wide agricultural
district
 , which also produces gold, copper and silver. Much of the
trade
  is carried on through the ports of Alma and Broadmount, near the mouth of the river, both available for ocean steamers. Rockhampton has a large
trade
  in frozen
meat
 , and there are factories for extract and
meat
  preserving. Rockhampton is the terminus of the Queens-
land
  Central railway and the seat of an
Anglican
  and a Roman Catholic bishopric.
Population
  of the municipality (Igor), 15,461; within the 5 M.
radius
 , 19,691; of the
separate
  municipality of North Rockhampton, 2865.


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