Port Curtis
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Port Curtis is a both a port and a pastoral district in Queensland, Australia.[1][2] It is located off the coast of the present-day city of Gladstone and was the original name of the township. The Port Curtis pastoral district in and around Gladstone was gazetted on 23 March 1868.[2]
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 had assisted Flinders with repairs to HMS Investigator in Cape Town in October 1801.[1]
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