Central Queensland is an imprecisely-defined geographical division of Queensland that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton. The region extends from the Capricorn Coast west to the Central Highlands at Emerald, north to the Mackay Regional Council southern boundary, and south to Gladstone. The region is also known as Capricornia. It is one of Australia's main coal exporting regions.
Gold processing plant at Mount Morgan, 1903
The Big Sapphire Ring, Sapphire, 2012
Carnarvon Gorge from Boolimba Bluff, 2010
Mount Castletower and Lake Awoonga
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the population of Rockhampton was 79,293.
Image: Criterion Hotel, Rockhampton, QLD, 2023
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Image: Harry Mi Mi mural Rockhampton
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