Dysart
Dysart, a rural town, is 240 km north-west of Rockhampton. It is a dormitory town for Saraji and Norwich Park (closed 2012) open cut coal mines and was named after the local Dysart parish and a pre-existing pastoral property. The name is of Scottish origin.
Further Reading:
Frank Rolleston, The Broadsound story, Broadsound, Broadsound Shire Council, 1983
Welcome to Dysart, brochure nd
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