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Port Curtis is a
Port Curtis Road State School opened on 23 March 1875.
In 1912, a Baptist church opened in Port Curtis Road close to the state school. It was a "rapid erection" with construction of pre-fabricated sections commencing at 3pm to be completed in time for an official opening service at around 6pm on Saturday 30 November 1912.
Apart from some land south of Baxter Street, Port Curtis was completely flooded by the Fitzroy River in early January 2011.
In the , Port Curtis had a population of 281 people.
The Archer Hotel, formerly the Balmoral Hotel, was located at Port Curtis until a fire completely destroyed the pub on 1 January 2018. Built in the late 1800s, the hotel had been closed for four years before the fire. In 1983, a
Port Curtis Road State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Port Curtis Road ().
In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 54 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 67 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).
There are no secondary schools in Port Curtis. The nearest government secondary school is
A pair of
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
of Rockhampton
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ...
in the Rockhampton Region
The Rockhampton Region is a local government area (LGA) in Central Queensland, Australia, located on the Tropic of Capricorn about north of Brisbane. Rockhampton is the region's major city; the region also includes the Fitzroy River, Mount ...
, Queensland
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, Australia. In the , Port Curtis had a population of 281 people.
Geography
The Fitzroy River bounds the suburb to the north-east. Gavial Creek, a tributary of the Fitzroy River, flows through the locality with their confluence at the north of the suburb. The land is flat and low-lying (less than 10 metres above sea level). The North Coast railway line passes along the western edge of the locality with the junction with theCentral Western railway line
The Central Western railway line is a railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1867 and 1928. It commences at Rockhampton and extends west to Winton.
History
Following the separation of Queensla ...
at Rocklands railway station
Rocklands is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk which encompasses the villages of Rockland All Saints and Rockland St Peter.
It covers an area of and had a population of 702 in 282 households at the United Kingdom Census 2001, 200 ...
() within Port Curtis.
As at January 2021, very little of the land has been developed with only a few small pockets of residential and industrial use.
History
Port Curtis Road State School opened on 23 March 1875.
In 1912, a Baptist church opened in Port Curtis Road close to the state school. It was a "rapid erection" with construction of pre-fabricated sections commencing at 3pm to be completed in time for an official opening service at around 6pm on Saturday 30 November 1912.
Apart from some land south of Baxter Street, Port Curtis was completely flooded by the Fitzroy River in early January 2011.
In the , Port Curtis had a population of 281 people.
The Archer Hotel, formerly the Balmoral Hotel, was located at Port Curtis until a fire completely destroyed the pub on 1 January 2018. Built in the late 1800s, the hotel had been closed for four years before the fire. In 1983, a Ford Telstar
The Ford Telstar is an automobile that was sold by Ford in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra and the North American Ford Tempo. It was progressively replaced by the Ford Mondeo. It was named after the Te ...
sedan belonging to suspected murder victim Bradley Kerrisk was recovered from the Balmoral Hotel at Port Curtis after he went missing, having been last seen at Callaghan Park
Callaghan Park is a horse and greyhound racing venue in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. It is located in the suburb of The Common.
History Early history
In 1868, the Rockhampton Jockey Club was first formed.
on 24 June 1983. A $250,000 reward is still on offer for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for Kerrisk's disappearance and suspected murder.
The Rockhampton site of mining and industrial equipment supplier Hastings Deering, one of Rockhampton's major employers, is located at Port Curtis.
Education
Port Curtis Road State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Port Curtis Road ().
In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 54 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 67 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).
There are no secondary schools in Port Curtis. The nearest government secondary school is Rockhampton State High School
Rockhampton State High School is a coeducational public secondary school located in Wandal, a suburb of Rockhampton in Queensland, Australia. The school has a total enrolment of more than 1000 students, with an official count of 1119 students ...
in Wandal to the north.
Attractions
A pair of Tropic of Capricorn
The Tropic of Capricorn (or the Southern Tropic) is the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point at the December (or southern) solstice. It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead. It also reac ...
markers can be found beside the billabong on Port Curtis Road ().
References
Further reading
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