Adelaide Park, Queensland

Adelaide Park
Queensland
Adelaide Park
Coordinates 23°05′53″S 150°41′42″E / 23.09805556°S 150.695°E / -23.09805556; 150.695Coordinates: 23°05′53″S 150°41′42″E / 23.09805556°S 150.695°E / -23.09805556; 150.695
Postcode(s) 4703
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Livingstone
State electorate(s) Keppel
Federal Division(s) Capricornia
Suburbs around Adelaide Park:
Bungundarra Bungundarra Farnborough
Lake Mary Adelaide Park Pacific Heights
Lake Mary Barmaryee Inverness

Adelaide Park is a locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Geography

Adelaide Park is in the hinterland of the Capricorn Coast. It is bounded to the west by Limestone Creek and to the north by a line of hills approx 200 metres above sea level. Another line of hills runs from the north-west to the south-east of the locality from about 130 metres to 340 metres at Mount Barmoya.[2]

History

The locality takes its name from the Adelaide Park pastoral station that roughly occupied the land of the present day Adelaide Park locality. The land was purchased in 1868 by James and Mary Atherton who moved there in 1870. The Atherton family established the first road to Rockhampton and then extended it to Yeppoon.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Adelaide Park - locality in Shire of Livingstone (entry 48490)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Adelaide Park Station". Livingstone Shire Council. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "SIXTY YEARS IN QUEENSLAND". The Capricornian. L, (31). Queensland, Australia. 1 August 1925. p. 65. Retrieved 24 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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