Rockhampton

[rok-hamp-tuh n, -ham-]

noun

a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.

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Historical Examples of rockhampton

You heard her deliver her last appeal in the cause at Rockhampton.
The Last Voyage
Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
The last established was the school for girls in Rockhampton, which was founded in 1892.
Our First Half-Century
Government of Queensland
In the same year, 1855, the site of the future town of Rockhampton was examined.
Early Days in North Queensland
Edward Palmer
Up the latter, 35 miles from the sea, is Rockhampton, the second largest town of Queensland.
Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World
James Cook
It derives its name from the original discoverer, Mr. William Morgan of Rockhampton.
Two Years Among the Savages of New Guinea.
W. D. Pitcairn

British Dictionary definitions for rockhampton

Rockhampton

noun

a port in Australia, in E Queensland on the Fitzroy River. Pop: 59 475 (2001)

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