Gladstone Central, Queensland

Gladstone Central Gladstone, Queensland
Looking up Goondoon Street, 2014
Population	1,529 (2011)
Postcode(s)	4680
LGA(s)	Gladstone Region
State electorate(s)	Gladstone
Federal Division(s)	Flynn
Suburbs around Gladstone Central: Callemondah Callemondah Gladstone Harbour Callemondah Gladstone Central Barney Point Callemondah West Gladstone South Gladstone

Gladstone Central is a suburb in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the historic centre and central business district of the city of Gladstone and the seat of the Gladstone Regional Council. In the 2011 census, Gladstone Central had a population of 1,529 people.

Gladstone Central is bounded by Auckland Inlet on the north, Auckland Creek and Side Street on the west, the railway line on the east and a combination of Scenery Street and Tank Street on the south. The main business and shopping street is Goondoon Street which runs over a hill, its apex being at the intersection with Roseberry Street.

The Gladstone Post Office opened on 1 July 1854.

Gladstone State School opened on 1 April 1861 and was later renamed Gladstone Central State School.

The Gladstone City Library is at 39 Goondoon Street; it is operated by the Gladstone Regional Council.

The Gladstone Entertainment & Convention Centre is at 58 Goondoon Street; it is operated by the Gladstone Regional Council. It features an auditorium seating 674 people, a flat floor space which can accommodate 1,500 people standing, an outdoor 600 square metres (6,500 sq ft) marquee on a hard stand, and a number of meeting rooms.

There is a Gladstone Regional Council administration centre at 101 Goondoon Street.

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church is located at 149 Goondoon Street on the corner of Bramston Street. This is the second church built on this site.

A Presbyterian minister, Alexander Proudfoot, arrived in Gladstone in September 1865; he was the first religious leader in Gladstone. However, for two years, there were not sufficient funds to build a church until a generous donation of £200 was received from a local settler. The church was designed by Mr Ramsay, the town surveyor in Maryborough. The foundation stone of the first church was laid on 30 October 1867 by Mrs Proudfoot, wife of Rev. Proudfoot. The brick Gothic church to accommodate 250 worshippers were built by local contractors, Smith, Hay and Day, at a cost of £457; it could accommodate 250 worshippers. In April 1870 W. S. Robertson donated a marble font which he designed and executed using marble from his own quarry on the Calliope River. This was the first church to be built in Gladstone.