Port Curtis

Port Curtis is a suburb in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.

Port Curtis is a suburb in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Port Curtis had a population of 281 people.

Port Curtis Road State School opened on 23 March 1875.Apart from some land south of Baxter Street, Port Curtis was completely flooded by the Fitzroy River in early January 2011.In the 2016 census Port Curtis had a population of 281 people.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 1800's, the hotel had been closed for four years before the fire.In 1983, a Ford Telstar 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 Callaghan Park 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.The Rockhampton site of mining and industrial equipment supplier Hastings Deering, one of Rockhampton's major employers, is located at Port Curtis.