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ID: 7001890
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001890
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Rockhampton (inhabited place)  Rockhampton (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 23 22 49 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -23.3803  decimal degrees
Long: 150 30 21 E  degrees minutes   Long: 150.5060  decimal degrees

Note: Transport center connecting Queensland with Great Barrier Islands; center of Australia's largest beef-producing region; industry includes coal- & copper-mining; site of annual Rocky Round-up rodeo (April) & Cooeeing contest (August).

Names:
Rockhampton (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Australia (nation)  ........  Australia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Queensland (state)  ............  Queensland (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Rockhampton (inhabited place)  ................  Rockhampton (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1860
city (C)
port (C)
mining center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Rockhampton..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 542
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 166
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1023
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 542
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1597814
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 166
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1023
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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