Open today: 9am - 5pm
Ph: 07 4926 1633
Shop 4B, Primewest Rockhampton, Crn Richardson & Yaamba Road,
NORTH ROCKHAMPTON, QLD 4701
Ph: 07 4926 1633
Fax: 07 4926 6909
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Monday: 8am - 5.30pm
Tuesday: 8am - 5.30pm
Wednesday: 8am - 5.30pm
Thursday: 8am - 5.30pm
Friday: 8am - 5.30pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Sunday: 10am - 4pm
Public holidays: Please note our store is closed on Wednesday 4/6/2022 due to staff shortages
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2018 was 78,592, making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the cities of South East Queensland, and the 22nd-largest city in Australia. Today, Rockhampton is an industrial and agricultural centre of the north, and is the regional centre of Central Queensland. Rockhampton is one of the oldest cities in Queensland and in Northern Australia. In 1853, Charles and William Archer came across the Toonooba river, which is now also known as the Fitzroy River, which they claimed in honour of Sir Charles FitzRoy. The Archer brothers took up a run near Gracemere in 1855, and more settlers arrived soon after, enticed by the fertile valleys. The town of Rockhampton was proclaimed in 1858, and surveyed by William Henry Standish, Arthur F Wood and Francis Clarke, the chosen street design closely resembled the Hoddle Grid in Melbourne and consisted of a grid of wide boulevards and laneways, which was uncommon in Queensland. Within the year, gold was found at Canoona, and led to the first North Australian gold rush. This led to an influx of migrants who quickly transformed Rockhampton into the second-largest port in the state; during this period, Rockhampton was nicknamed as the "City of the Three S's", of which were "Sin, Sweat, and Sorrow". Subsequent gold rushes at Mount Morgan Mine, which was at the time one of the most productive gold mines in the world, laid the foundations for much of the city's Victorian architecture.
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