ROCKHAMPTON  , a

town of Livingstone county, Queensland, Australia, on the Fitzroy river 43 M. from its mouth, 335 M. in a direct line N.W. of Brisbane . It has a beautiful situation, and its climate, in spite of heat, is healthy . It is the port of a wide agricultural district, which also produces gold, copper and silver . Much of the trade is carried on through the ports of Alma and Broadmount, near the mouth of the river, both available for ocean steamers . Rockhampton has a large trade in frozen meat, and there are factories for extract and meat preserving . Rockhampton is the terminus of the Queens-land Central railway and the seat of an Anglican and a Roman Catholic bishopric . Population of the municipality (Igor), 15,461; within the 5 M. radius, 19,691; of the separate municipality of North Rockhampton, 2865 .