Rockhampton

[ rok-hamp-tuhn, -ham- ]

noun

1. a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.

Rockhampton

/ rɒkˈhæmptən; -ˈhæmtən /

noun

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

Example Sentences

They were pleased with the district, and, having settled down on their land, founded what is now the thriving city of Rockhampton.

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About twenty-five years ago Mr. Jardine drove a mob of 700 cattle from Rockhampton to this place.

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In the same year the Rockhampton Waterworks Act, being the first for a provincial body, was passed.

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Gracemere head station is on the south side of the Fitzroy River, and is distant seven miles from Rockhampton.

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Mostly shed hands, rouseabouts and suchlike, bound for Rockhampton and Townsville.

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