Archer Park Rail Museum
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Archer Park Railway Station and Museum, 2009
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| Location | Denison Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 23°22′33″S 150°30′25″E / 23.3758°S 150.5069°ECoordinates: 23°22′33″S 150°30′25″E / 23.3758°S 150.5069°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1897 - 1908 |
| Architectural style(s) | Classicism |
| Official name: Archer Park Railway Station, Rockhampton Central Railway Station | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600777 |
| Significant period | 1897-1970 (historical) 1897-ongoing (social) 1890s-1910s (fabric) |
| Significant components | loading bay/dock, trees/plantings, machinery/plant/equipment - transport - rail, office/s, carriage shade (railway), railway station, store/s / storeroom / storehouse, railway refreshment room/s, platform, furniture/fittings, track |
 Location of Archer Park Rail Museum in Queensland
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Archer Park Railway Museum is a heritage-listed former railway station and now transport museum at Denison Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1897 to 1908. It was known as Archer Park railway station and Rockhampton Central railway station. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The Museum's main attraction is a rare French "Purrey" steam tram originally operated by the Rockhampton City Council.
Archer Park Railway Station, the former Rockhampton Central Railway Station, is situated on Denison Street and forms an important link with the social, cultural and transport history of Rockhampton and Central Queensland. It was the major railway station in Rockhampton from the turn of the century until the mid 1920s, and is an important element in the development of the railway network in Queensland, and the growth of the North Coast Railway in the early part of the twentieth century.
The Archer brothers had made a private expedition to the Rockhampton district in 1853, and were the first Europeans to record and chart the Fitzroy River. The Archers were also the first European pastoralists to arrive in the area. Their establishment of Gracemere Station led to further pastoral expansion into the area.
After the short lived Canoona gold rush of 1858, Rockhampton was proclaimed as a town and declared a port of entry in 1858. Following the gold rush the town of Rockhampton developed as an entry and export town for central Queensland. Rockhampton continued to eclipse its nearest rival Gladstone for nearly a century as the principal port for Central Queensland.
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