Download coordinates as: Bouldercombe is a rural town and locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.
The town is on the Burnett Highway, 636 kilometres (395 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane and 22 kilometres (14 mi) south of the regional centre of Rockhampton.
[10][11][12] Crocodile Creek Post Office opened on 24 September 1866 and closed in 1879.
[15][16] By 1876, the gold rush was over and the population slumped to 149, but the discovery of gold at nearby Mount Usher in 1897 caused the population to rise to over 1000 people for a short time.
[13] The Royal Hotel opened on the corner of Mount Usher Road and Oleander Street on 5 March 1897 under licensee Samuel Heiser; the hotel is still operating in 2014.
[10] Mount Usher Receiving Office opened by 1899, was raised to post office status in 1900, closed in 1906, reopened in 1909, was reduced in status in 1913, was renamed Bouldercombe in 1924 and closed in 1927.
[18] Mount Usher Methodist Church opened on Sunday 10 November 1901.
It was designed and built by carpenter George Nathaniel Delahunt at a cost of £142 17s.