Emu Park, Queensland

Emu Park, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Emu Park
state = qld


caption = The Singing Ship monument
lga = Rockhampton Regional Council
postcode = 4710
est =
pop = 2,967
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Keppel
fedgov = Capricornia
dist1 = 681
dir1 = NW
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 45
dir2 = NE
location2= Rockhampton
dist3 = 21
dir3 = NW
location3= Yeppoon

Emu Park is a small town located slightly south of Yeppoon in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Emu Park had a population of 2,967.Census 2006 AUS
id = UCL320200
name = Emu Park (Urban Centre/Locality)
quick = on
accessdate = 2007-06-28]

Home of the famous Singing Ship Monument, the Emu Park land area was first discovered by Captain James Cook in 1770. It overlooks the islands of Keppel Bay, including the Great Keppel Island. This small, peaceful town is a popular tourist spot. It has won several tourism awards, and features fishing, surfing, boating, and unspoiled beaches.

History

Emu Park's European history dates to the 1860s when the Jardine family established a cattle grazing property south of the current town, at Zilzie, an anagram of Lizzie Jardine.

Emu Park township was established in the 1870s when several Rockhampton families built seaside holiday houses on the hills overlooking the two beaches that are a feature of the town - Fisherman's Beach and Pine Beach. Emu Park was connected to Rockhampton by train in 1888 and became a popular, but fairly select, seaside resort from that time on. A branch to Yeppoon, further to the north was opened in 1910.

By the 1920s the town boasted two large hotels, a cinema, court house, state primary school, public library, shops and many guest houses for visitors. A small pier was opened by Mrs Bruce, wife of the Prime Minister, Stanley Bruce, in 1926 and Bell Park, a shady park on the shores of Fisherman's Beach was established in the 1930s.

The railway link from Rockhampton closed in the 1960s due to declining passenger numbers and the line to Yeppoon no longer operates.

References

External links

* [http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDEmuPark.shtml Walkabout - Emu Park]
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ma-an26056697 Down on the sands at Emu Park] sheet music published in the 1910's


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