Rockingham, Queensland

Rockingham is a town and a coastal locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Rockingham had a population of 107 people.[1]

Rockingham
Queensland
Rockingham
Coordinates18.0102°S 145.9902°E / -18.0102; 145.9902
Population107 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.843/km2 (2.182/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4854
Area127.0 km2 (49.0 sq mi)
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hinchinbrook
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Localities around Rockingham:
Euramo
Silky Oak		 Lower Tully Tully Heads
Murrigal Rockingham Coral Sea
Bilyana Bilyana Bilyana

History

The bay takes its name from Rockingham Bay, which in turn was named on 8 June 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook of HMS Endeavour, after Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham and a former British Prime Minister.[2]

The town was surveyed in 1883 by surveyor Cecil Twisden Bedford.[2]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rockingham (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Rockingham – town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 28646)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. "Rockingham – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45774)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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