Rockhampton
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Rockhampton¹
proper noun
- A village in Gloucestershire, England.
Rockhampton²
Where it comes from
From rock + Hampton (“a placename, considered generic”), referring to a bar of rocks that prevented further travel upriver. European settlement dates from 1855.
proper noun
- A regional city in Queensland, Australia. The coastal port cities, Mackay and Rockhampton, are 100 miles or more from Queensland's coal mines.
- A local government area in Queensland, Australia, which includes the city; in full, Rockhampton Region.
