Rockhampton

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

/ rɒkˈhæmp tən, -ˈhæm- /

a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.

Example sentences from the Web for rockhampton

Hearing of the teams being stuck up, we immediately wired a duplicate order to Rockhampton.

Reminiscences of Queensland |William Henry Corfield
The last established was the school for girls in Rockhampton, which was founded in 1892.

Our First Half-Century |Government of Queensland
You heard her deliver her last appeal in the cause at Rockhampton.

The Last Voyage |Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
Mostly shed hands, rouseabouts and suchlike, bound for Rockhampton and Townsville.

From Chart House to Bush Hut |Charles W. L. Bryde

In the same year, 1855, the site of the future town of Rockhampton was examined.

Early Days in North Queensland |Edward Palmer

Rockhampton

/ (rɒkˈhæmptən, -ˈhæmtən) /

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