[7] At the time, the centre was estimated to cost approximately $2 million, with Rockhampton City Council agreeing to donate the land at Parkhurst for the purpose of constructing the complex.

[7] The Dreamtime Cultural Centre was developed as a Bicentennial Project and upon completion was officially opened by Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke on 9 April 1988.

[1] The late Nola James and Ted Mitchell, who are credited with much of the lobbying in the 1980s to have the centre established[7] are both honoured at the Dreamtime Cultural Centre, with the main building at the complex named the Nola James Building and with a museum called the Ted Mitchell Gallery, which houses the Vanishing Culture of the Sandstone Belt display.

[2] In 2012, Australian rugby league player Johnathan Thurston visited the centre to speak to high school students and to promote the FOGS ARTIE program, which is aimed to achieve results through Indigenous education.

[11] A special Federal Court of Australia sitting was held at the Dreamtime Cultural Centre on 22 June 2016 where Federal Court judge, Justice Berna Collier handed down the Darumbal People Native Title Consent, determining that the Darumbal people were the legally recognised traditional owners of 2500 square kilometres of land in Central Queensland, incorporating Rockhampton, Yeppoon and Marlborough and the surrounding areas.