Yeppoon - Culture and History

It is hard to imagine that the Ross family, the first settlers, arrived in 1865 and that the area, for over 100 years, was really nothing more than a fruit growing (pineapples), timber and cattle area. The town of Yeppoon was surveyed in 1867 but the road from Rockhampton was completed until the 1870s. The Yeppoon Sugar Company was established in 1883 and by 1910 the railway had arrived.

The holiday homes in the area were built by Rockhampton people eager to escape the city or by people from the south who found the peace and quiet of the area refreshing.