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Rockhampton
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." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Rockhampton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Rockhamp.html "Rockhampton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Rockhamp.html |
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Rockhampton
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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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Rockhampton." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Rockhampton." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Rockhampton.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Rockhampton." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Rockhampton.html |
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Rockhampton
Rockhampton S. Glos. Rochemtune 1086 (DB). ‘Homestead by the rock, or frequented by rooks’. OE rocc or hrōc + hām-tūn.
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A. D. MILLS. "Rockhampton." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Rockhampton." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Rockhampton.html A. D. MILLS. "Rockhampton." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Rockhampton.html |
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Rockhampton
Rockhampton •baton, batten, fatten, flatten, harmattan, Manhattan, Mountbatten, paten, patten, pattern, platen, Saturn, slattern
•Shackleton • Appleton
•Hampton, Northampton, Rockhampton, Southampton, Wolverhampton
•Canton, lantern, Scranton
•Langton, plankton
•Clapton
•Aston, pastern
•Gladstone
•Caxton, Paxton
•capstan • Ashton • phytoplankton
•Akhenaten, Akhetaten, Aten, Barton, carton, Dumbarton, hearten, Parton, smarten, spartan, tartan
•Grafton
•Carlton, Charlton
•Charleston • kindergarten
•Aldermaston
•Breton, jetton, Sowetan, threaten, Tibetan
•lectern
•Elton, melton, Skelton
•Denton, Fenton, Kenton, Lenten, Trenton
•Repton
•Avestan, Midwestern, northwestern, Preston, southwestern, western
•sexton
•Clayton, Deighton, Leighton, Paton, phaeton, Satan, straighten, straiten
•Paignton • Maidstone
•beaten, Beaton, Beeton, Cretan, Keaton, neaten, Nuneaton, overeaten, sweeten, uneaten, wheaten
•chieftain
•eastern, northeastern, southeastern
•browbeaten • weatherbeaten
•bitten, bittern, Britain, Briton, Britten, handwritten, hardbitten, kitten, Lytton, mitten, smitten, underwritten, witan, written
•Clifton
•Milton, Shilton, Stilton, Wilton
•Middleton • singleton • simpleton
•Clinton, Linton, Minton, Quinton, Winton
•cistern, Liston, piston, Wystan
•brimstone • Winston • Kingston
•Addington • Eddington
•Workington
•Arlington, Darlington
•skeleton
•Ellington, wellington
•exoskeleton
•cosmopolitan, megalopolitan, metropolitan, Neapolitan
•Burlington • Hamilton • badminton
•lamington • Germiston • Penistone
•Bonington • Orpington • Samaritan
•Carrington, Harrington
•sacristan • Festschriften
•Sherrington • typewritten
•Warrington • puritan • Fredericton
•Lexington • Occitan • Washington
•Whittington • Huntington
•Galveston • Livingstone
•Kensington
•Blyton, brighten, Brighton, Crichton, enlighten, frighten, heighten, lighten, righten, tighten, titan, triton, whiten
•begotten, cotton, forgotten, ill-gotten, misbegotten, rotten
•Compton, Crompton
•wanton • Longton
•Boston, postern
•boughten, chorten, foreshorten, Laughton, Morton, Naughton, Orton, quartan, quartern, shorten, tauten, torten, Wharton
•Alton, Dalton, Galton, saltern, Walton
•Taunton • Allston • Launceston
•croton, Dakotan, Minnesotan, oaten, verboten
•Bolton, Doulton, molten
•Folkestone • Royston
•Luton, newton, rambutan, Teuton
•Houston • Fulton
•button, glutton, Hutton, mutton
•sultan
•doubleton, subaltern
•fronton • Augustan • Dunstan
•tungsten • quieten • Pinkerton
•charlatan • Wollaston • Palmerston
•Edmonton • automaton • Sheraton
•Geraldton • Chatterton • Betterton
•Chesterton • Athelstan
•burton, curtain, uncertain
•Hurston
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"Rockhampton." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Rockhampton." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Rockhampton.html "Rockhampton." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Rockhampton.html |
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