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{{Short description|Location in Queensland, Australia}}
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{{About|the port and the pastoral district in Gladstone Region|the suburb in Rockhampton|Port Curtis, Queensland}}
'''Port Curtis''' is a both a port and a pastoral district in [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name="qpnp">{{cite QPN|9103|Port Curtis|port|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="qpnpd">{{cite QPN|44015|Port Curtis|pastoral district|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref> It is located off the coast of the present-day city of [[Gladstone, Queensland|Gladstone]] and was the original name of the township. The Port Curtis pastoral district in and around Gladstone was gazetted on 23 March 1868.<ref name="qpnpd" />
==History==
Port Curtis (the bay) was named by [[Matthew Flinders]] on 1 August 1802  after Vice Admiral Sir [[Roger Curtis]] of the Royal Navy. Curtis had assisted Flinders with repairs to [[HMS Investigator (1801)|HMS Investigator]] in [[Cape Town]] in October 1801.<ref name=qpnp/>
Port Curtis was the capital of [[North Australia]], a short-lived British colony established in 1846 and extinguished the following year.  North Australia consisted of modern day [[Northern Territory]] and [[Queensland]] north of [[26th parallel south|26th parallel]].
==See also==
* [[Electoral district of Port Curtis]]
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/port-curtis|title=Port Curtis|website=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
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[[Category:Bays of Queensland]]
[[Category:Regions of Queensland]]
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