Overview
The Rockhampton Region is a local government area (LGA) in Central Queensland, Australia, located on the Tropic of Capricorn about north of Brisbane. Rockhampton is the region's major city; the region also includes the Fitzroy River, Mount Archer National Park and Berserker Range.
History
Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas extending to almost the beginning of local government in Queensland. On 1 January 2014, one of those local government areas, the Shire of Livingstone was restored as an independent council.
Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Rockhampton Region existed as four distinct local government areas:
the City of Rockhampton;
the Shire of Fitzroy;
the Shire of Livingstone (now de-amalgamated);
and the Shire of Mount Morgan.
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