Norman Gardens is a suburb in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Norman Gardens had a population of 10,534 people.
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Central Queensland University is an Australian public university based in central Queensland. CQUniversity is the only Australian university with a campus presence in every mainland state. Its main campus is at Norman Gardens in Rockhampton, however, it also has campuses in Adelaide, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Melbourne, Noosa, Perth, Rockhampton City, Sydney and Townsville. CQUniversity also partners with university centres in several regional areas across Australia.
The university was established in 1967 in Parkhurst as the Queensland Institute of Technology and achieved full university status as the University of Central Queensland in 1992 before being renamed Central Queensland University in 1994.
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John York Millar Johnston, known professionally as Danny Malone, was an Irish tenor.
Malone had considerable success in the 1930s after a successful audition with the BBC, selling thousands of gramophone records while also touring extensively throughout the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.
Malone also appeared in a number of films including Rose of Tralee, Stepping Toes and Bonnie Prince Charlie.
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The Dreamtime Cultural Centre is an Indigenous cultural arts and education centre in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
Situated on the Bruce Highway in the suburb of Parkhurst at the northern entrance to the city, the centre was established to promote greater awareness of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, history and traditions through various cultural displays, guided educational tours and interactive activities.
The Dreamtime Cultural Centre is also a popular attraction for tourists visiting Rockhampton with many European and Australian backpackers visiting the centre each year.
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The Rockhampton Music Bowl is an outdoor sound shell music venue in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, situated in the suburb of Parkhurst.
The venue was officially opened by Rockhampton City Council alderman, Dr Terence Francis Moore on 9 March 1985.
Throughout its history, the Rockhampton Music Bowl has hosted numerous concerts, festivals and local events.
Notable international and Australian musicians who have performed at the Rockhampton Music Bowl include Cliff Richard, John Denver, Stevie Wonder, Midnight Oil, INXS, Hunters And Collectors, Savage Garden, Silverchair, Dwight Yoakam, Powderfinger, Gyroscope, The Butterfly Effect, Youth Group, Dead Letter Circus, Operator Please, Evermore, The Potbelleez, Zoe Badwi, TV Rock, Bag Raiders, Bombs Away, Emily Scott, Seany B, Timmy Trumpet, Daryl Braithwaite, Mental As Anything, Russell Morris, Richard Clapton and 1927.
The venue has also been the traditional home of the city's popular Carols by Candlelight family event, held every December.
Rockhampton Regional Council decided to close the Rockhampton Music Bowl in 2011 and put it up for sale, citing maintenance costs, financial viability and lack of usage. The council had also long held the view that the venue was unpopular with visiting musicians who preferred to perform at other venues such as the Pilbeam Theatre, the Rockhampton Showgrounds, Callaghan Park or local pubs and clubs.
During the closure, the annual Carols by Candlelight was held at the Rockhampton Heritage Village, Victoria Park and the Pilbeam Theatre.
In 2014, public debate and campaigning from local media personalities and community leaders to reopen the Rockhampton Music Bowl increased.
Rockhampton Regional Council eventually relented and withdrew the Rockhampton Music Bowl from the market and announced that the 2015 Carols by Candlelight would be the first event to be held after it was reopened.
Since re-opening, the Rockhampton Music Bowl is again being used for various local events, concerts and music festivals including the 2016 "Rocky Rocks" music festival. Another concert, "Sea FM Live" was also scheduled for 2016, but the tour promoters cancelled the event soon after announcing it due to "unforeseeable circumstances".
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4US is an Australian community radio station located in Rockhampton, Queensland.
The station is managed by the Central Queensland Aboriginal Corporation for Media and broadcasts programming specifically aimed at Central Queensland's Aboriginal community on 100.7 FM.
4US first went to air in 1998 with programs originating from an outside broadcast van that had been donated to the station by ABC Capricornia, before the station established a better equipped studio in the heritage-listed Rockhampton Harbour Board Building.
In 2005, the station moved to a new studio at the Dreamtime Cultural Centre in North Rockhampton, where it continues to broadcast.
In the past, 4US announcers have attended training sessions at Brisbane indigenous radio station, 98.9 FM where 4US staff worked with experienced radio broadcasters including industry veteran Jamie Dunn.
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