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Rockhampton

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Rockhampton city (1991 pop. 55,768), Queensland, E Australia, on the Fitzroy River. It is a rail center and, with its port at Port Alma, the principal trade center for the pastoral and mining regions of central Queensland. The chief exports are wool, meat, and other farm products; copper and gold are also exported. There are cotton gins in the city and, in winter, a tourist trade. Rockhampton was founded in 1858.

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Rockhampton

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Rockhampton, Queensland/Australia Gracemere Station Laid out in 1858 on a small settlement founded in 1855 and named after the rock formations in the Fitzroy River and Hampton in England.

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Rockhampton

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Rockhampton S. Glos. Rochemtune 1086 (DB). ‘Homestead by the rock, or frequented by rooks’. OE rocc or hrōc + hām-tūn.

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