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House in Rockhampton, disappointed diggers from Port Phillip
Para 44: Customs House at Rockhampton – mentions Keppel Bay, Port
Curtis, Curtis Island
Para 45: Port Curtis better Harbour – surveyed by late Capt Owen Stanley,
survey published by the Admiralty
Paras 46:-48: Recommending Port Curtis & building of Custom House in
Gladstone in 1860 - £500
Para 49: Establishment of Pilot Station at Gatcombe Head - £300 required for
building Huts & erecting Flag Staff & Signal Station
Para 50: Reasons – mentions Port Curtis, FitzRoy, Keppel Bay, Curtis Island,
Facing Island, Gladstone, Rockhampton - opinion that Gatcombe Head site
for Light House & Signal Station
Para 51: Expenditure: 3 men as well as the 2 forming crew of Government
Schooner “Satellite” – master to undertake management of Harbour, Pilot &
Signal Departments & surveys
Paras 52-53: In aid of Harbour & River Navigation:
£100 laying down buoys
£200 improving passage between Port Curtis & Keppel Bay – mentions
FitzRoy River, Keppel Bay & Strait between Curtis Island & mainland, Port
Curtis Harbour
Para 54: Re Strait between Curtis Island & shore – mentions The Narrows,
vessels trading between Sydney & Rockhampton & calling at Port Curtis –
mentions Commodore Loring examined obstructions by boats of H M S “Iris”
– result of survey unknown
Paras 55-56: Supply of water to shipping – presently obtained by carriage in
water carts from reservoir – mentions Keppel Bay, Rockhampton, FitzRoy
River – also mentions Capt Loring
Para 57: Recommends enlargement of Victoria Reservoir Gladstone &
carriage of water to Auckland Inlet in pipes
Para 58: Encloses Sketch of town (Appendix 4) showing work proposed – re
expenses of pipes, pump, cistern & labour
Para 59: If not approved, urges maintenance of reservoir
Para 60: Proposes £1300 to finish Government Residency & fence portion of
land reserved as a Domain i.e.
£1000 for the house & £300 for the Domain
Para 61: Need for expenditure on Public Works in Rockhampton – rapid
growth, fertile land, head of FitzRoy River
Para 62: Re Court House & Lock-up – also needs Public Wharf - £600
proposed – mentions Mr Moore Clerk of Works
Para 63: Recommends metalling road near Rockhampton, taking traffic to the
Dawson – reasons – suggests £400 – refer to Mr Moore
Para 64: Proposes £200 each to roads from Gladstone to Gayndah &
Gladstone to Taroom (Appendix 5)
Para 65: Conclusion
APPENDIX NO.1 [at p 268]
Statistical Table of Progress in the Settlement of Port Curtis
[Date/ Population/ Stock/ Coasting Trade: Arrivals & Departure of Vessels in
and from Port Curtis]
[Details: 1854 – 1859]
Letters relating to Moreton Bay & Queensland: A2 series – Reel A2.42 – Part 1 of 2 Last revised: Oct 2012
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