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The Rockhampton Botanic Gardens was gazetted as a public garden in 1869. Prior to this, from 1861 most of the land that was to be utilised for the gardens was a Native Police barracks. [ 2 ] Between 1868 and 1872, three sites were gazetted as botanic gardens for Rockhampton.
Kershaw Gardens is a 50 hectare area of parkland situated on an old landfill site in the Rockhampton suburb of Park Avenue, Queensland. [1] [2]Officially opened in 1988, the parklands are bordered by the Bruce Highway (Moores Creek Road), High Street, Dowling Street and Moores Creek, which flows through the gardens on the eastern boundary, and into the Fitzroy River.
Characteristic of the Queen Anne architectural style are picturesque gardens, reflecting the garden suburb concept. The garden at Clancholla was a significant aesthetic feature of the property. [1] A description of it was included in an article, 'Rockhampton's Attractive Gardens No.13', in the Evening News on 16 March 1939.
Wiseman's Cottage is a heritage-listed storehouse at 30 Nathan Street, The Range, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1857 to c. 1859. It is also known as Mount Athelstane. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. [1]
Norman Gardens is bounded by the Bruce Highway to the west, the Yeppoon Road to the north and by Moores Creek (a tributary of the Fitzroy River) to the south.The main Rockhampton campus of the Central Queensland University is in the north-west corner of suburb on the corner of the Bruce Highway and the Yeppoon Road.
The path surrounds grass mound, forming a circle which is reinforced by garden beds and evenly spaced Canary Island Date Palms (Phoenix canariensis), traditionally a symbol of victory. The grassed area is free of planting apart from a flower bed on the northern side in which herbaceous plants are pruned to form the word ANZAC surrounded by a ...
Rockhampton has had a number of newspapers published in the city since European settlement. The Morning Bulletin is the only surviving daily newspaper, first published in 1861 as the Rockhampton Bulletin and Central Queensland Advertiser. The title was changed to the Rockhampton Bulletin in 1871 before finally becoming The Morning Bulletin in 1878.
Gracemere Homestead is located approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south-west of the Rockhampton city centre along the Capricorn Highway.It is situated on a peninsula jutting into Gracemere Lagoon, which occupies old watercourse country that takes the overflow of nearby Scrubby Creek, and whose eastern bank forms the western boundary to the Gracemere allotment.