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Gladstone is a city with a difference - tourism, community and industry are in harmony, retaining a pleasant lifestyle and environment.

Named Port Curtis by Lieutenant Matthew Flinders when he entered the natural deepwater harbour in 1802, Gladstone is sheltered by two large Islands - Curtis and Facing, and was given its name in 1853 to honor the British statesman, Sir William Gladstone. A meatworks was established and in the west, gold rushes added to the pace of development.

Gladstone's transformation came in the Sixties with the start of major industrial and community expansion, which has continued over the past three decades to be at the forefront of the community and industry development in Australia.