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Despite an increase in shipping to the town wharves, Rockhampton's business leaders were still discontented with river improvements undertaken by government engineers. They then sought the opinion of a British harbour-construction expert, Sir John Coode, who was conducting a tour of the Australian colonies in 1885. Coode's official report, presented in 1888, promised 12ft at low water and the possibility of achieving 15ft (4.5m). Coode recommended construction and dredging work similar to Nisbet's plans, with additional walls to be erected farther down the river. [ More on Coode's plans.]


Sir John Coode’s plans for Upper Flats and Sand Flats reaches, Fitzroy River, 1888.

Sir John Coode’s plans for Upper Flats and Sand Flats reaches, Fitzroy River, 1888.
(QV&P, 1889)
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Sir John Coode's plan for the Fitzroy from Central Island to Rocky Point, with proposed training banks (later Satellite and Shoal Island Walls) and closures between Mosquito, Sandfly and Casuarina Islands.

Sir John Coode's plan for the Fitzroy from Central Island to Rocky Point, with proposed training banks (later Satellite and Shoal Island Walls) and closures between Mosquito, Sandfly and Casuarina Islands.
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