Port Alma, Queensland


Port Alma is a coastal town, locality and port in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Port Alma had a population of 0 people.

Geography

Port Alma ia approximately from Rockhampton, at the south end of the Fitzroy River delta.

History

The town was named by hydrographer, Commander J. Jeffrey of HM Colonial Schooner Pearl, in 1864 after a battle site of the Crimean War.

Port facilities

The port primarily handles cargoes consisting of class 1 explosives, ammonium nitrate, bulk tallow and equipment used in support of military exercises held at Shoalwater Bay.