Rockhampton is a city on the Fitzroy River in Central Queensland, Australia, about 600 kilometres north of Brisbane and just north of the Tropic of Capricorn, with a population of 79,293 at the 2021 census. Proclaimed in 1858 after Charles and William Archer established a pastoral run there in 1855, it grew on nearby gold discoveries at Canoona and Mount Morgan and is known today as the Beef Capital of Australia.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude23.378972 degrees south 1 Longitude150.510894 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Rockhampton (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1858-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 63,151 (2021)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -23.378972, longitude 150.510894
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 13 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 63151 (2021)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Rockhampton - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2151437
-23.38032 150.50595 P PPL AU 04 36370 81021 13 Australia/Brisbane
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 13 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -23.25, 150.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -23.25, 150.75
-23.25 150.75 Cfa
Wikidata: Rockhampton
Wikidata Q606162, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Rockhampton (Wikipedia)
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