Rolleston (Queensland)
Rolleston is a small town which is 71 km north-west of Springsure and 694 kilometers from Brisbane. It lies on the Comet River in central Queensland in Australia. The small village is located at the junction of Carnarvon, Gregory and Dawson Highway. The place in the management unit Central Highlands region counted 129 inhabitants in 2011.
History
Originally survived the Aborigines of Karinbal in the area. Before the start of European settlement in 1860, there were 500 Aborigines, 1879, only 200 The first encounters between the whites and the Aborigines still went peacefully, but the displacement of the Aborigines by European settlers led to violent clashes. In 1900, 100 Aboriginal people had to Rolleston survived. To protect the Barambah Aboriginal Reserve was established, in which there were only a few families in 1924.
The first Europeans, who pitched a camp in the area of Rolleston, Ludwig Leichhardt was. On his first expedition Australia in 1844, he celebrated on the banks of the Brown Lagoon with stewed cockatoos and Pudding Christmas. However, this celebration took place only on December 25th, because on December 24, raged a violent storm.
The river that runs past the place called Leichhardt Comet Creek (now Comet River), because at that time a comet appeared over Australia. 1862 Hotel for travelers at the ford of the Brown River was built. 1865 began the construction of Brownstown, which was later renamed after Christopher Rolleston, a high British colonial officials. In the early years of the city made the bushrangers Patrick (1863-1903) and James Kenniff (1869? -1940 ) The area of Rolleston uncertain.
Towards the end of the 19th century the country was exploited for agriculture around the small town. The church in the village was built in 1934. The local hardwood trees on the rest of the country could not be made with conventional saws and were cleared only in the late 1940s by bulldozers. 1971 Rolleston was electrified. In 1991, a swimming pool and later, a landing strip and a sports field and tennis court was built.
Economy
About 16 miles from Rolleston is the Rolleston coal mining. This open pit mine is located in the Bowen Basin is of Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Ltd, ( shareholding: 75%), Sumisho Coal Australia Pty Ltd and IRCA Rolleston ( stock shares: both 12.5 %) operated. Coal mining began in September 2005, and it is believed that the incidence may be degraded for 20 years. It expects an annual reduction of 20 million tons of coal.
The place serves tourists as a base to visit the Carnarvon National Park, especially the Carnarvon Gorge.