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In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 54 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 67 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).
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In 1912, a Baptist church opened in Port Curtis Road close to the state school. It was a "rapid erection" with construction of pre-fabricated sections commencing at 3pm to be completed in time for an official opening service at around 6pm on Saturday 30 November 1912.
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bounds the suburb to the north-east. Gavial Creek, a tributary of the Fitzroy River, flows through the locality with their confluence at the north of the suburb. The land is flat and low-lying (less than 10 metres above sea level).
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The Archer Hotel, formerly the Balmoral Hotel, was located at Port Curtis until a fire completely destroyed the pub on 1 January 2018. Built in the late 1800s, the hotel had been closed for four years before the fire. In 1983, a
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on 24 June 1983. A $ 250,000 reward is still on offer for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for Kerrisk's disappearance and suspected murder.
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sedan belonging to suspected murder victim Bradley Kerrisk was recovered from the Balmoral Hotel at Port Curtis after he went missing, having been last seen at
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The Rockhampton site of mining and industrial equipment supplier Hastings Deering, one of Rockhampton's major employers, is located at Port Curtis.
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As at January 2021, very little of the land has been developed with only a few small pockets of residential and industrial use.
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Apart from some land south of Baxter Street, Port Curtis was completely flooded by the Fitzroy River in early January 2011.
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Port Curtis Road State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Port Curtis Road (
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This article is about the suburb in Rockhampton. For the port and pastoral district in Gladstone Region, see
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There are no secondary schools in Port Curtis. The nearest government secondary school is
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Billabong near the old Tropic of Capricorn marker, Port Curtis road, 2022
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passes along the western edge of the locality with the junction with the
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Port Curtis Road State School, 1875-1975 : centenary souvenir
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Munro’s Port Curtis almanac and miners’ and settlers’ companion
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markers can be found beside the billabong on Port Curtis Road (
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Port Curtis Road State School opened on 23 March 1875.
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Index

Port Curtis (bay)
OpenStreetMap
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GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)
Rockhampton
Queensland

Port Curtis is located in Queensland
Coordinates
23°25′11″S 150°32′26″E / 23.4197°S 150.5405°E / -23.4197; 150.5405 (Port Curtis (centre of suburb))
2021 census
Postcode(s)
Time zone
AEST
UTC+10:00
Rockhampton CBD
Brisbane
LGA(s)
Rockhampton Region
State electorate(s)
Mirani
Rockhampton
Federal division(s)
Flynn
Capricornia
Suburbs
Depot Hill
The Common

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