Address & Contact
29 Alma St
Rockhampton City QLD 4700
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: N/A
A statue of Charles Archer and his horse Sleipner commemorates the meeting place which determined the site of the city.
Charles Archer explored the Fitzroy and Dawson River areas looking for suitable grazing lands in 1853-4. He tendered for the Farris Run in Gracemere and travelled overland with livestock to arrive in 1855. His brother Colin was to bring much needed supplies by sea and the two met when the "Ellida" sailed up the coast from
Maryborough and along the
Fitzroy River.
This became the site of
Rockhampton. Sleipner, Archer`s horse, was named after Odin`s fabled horse in Scandinavian mythology.