Port Curtis (bay)

This article is about the port and the pastoral district in Gladstone Region. For the suburb in Rockhampton, see Port Curtis, Queensland.

Port Curtis is a both a port and a pastoral district in Queensland, Australia.[1][2] It is located off the coast of the present-day city of Gladstone and was the original name of the township. The Port Curtis pastoral district in and around Gladstone was gazetted on 23 March 1868.[2]

History

Port Curtis (the bay) was named by Matthew Flinders on 1 August 1802 after Vice Admiral Sir Roger Curtis of the Royal Navy. Curtis had assisted Flinders with repairs to HMS Investigator in Cape Town in October 1801.[1]

Port Curtis was the capital of North Australia, a short-lived British colony established in 1846 and extinguished the following year. North Australia consisted of modern day Northern Territory and Queensland north of 26th parallel.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Port Curtis – port (entry 9103)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Port Curtis – pastoral district (entry 44015)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  • "Port Curtis". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.

23°54′57″S 151°25′05″E / 23.91583°S 151.41806°E / -23.91583; 151.41806

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