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The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland, Australia. It encompasses the city of Townsville , together with the surrounding rural areas. To the south are the communities of Alligator Creek , Woodstock and Reid River, and to the north are Northern Beaches and Paluma .
Townsville hosted the popular Japanese national rugby union team. Tony Ireland Stadium, in the suburb of Thuringowa, has an international standard cricket and AFL stadium. Townsville was a host city for the preliminary rounds of the men's (Pool B) and women's (pool A) Basketball competition for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. [113] [114]
Jennifer Lorraine Hill AM is an Australian former politician who served as mayor of Townsville from 2012 until 2024. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] which is the 18th largest local government area in Australia. She was elected to the position during the Queensland Local Government elections held on 28 April 2012.
This is a list of mayors of the City of Townsville, a local government area of Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] [3] The current mayor is Troy Thompson. Elected in 2024, he beat previous mayor Jenny Hill, who was elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016 and 2020. [4] [5] [6] Elections for mayor are held every 4 years as part of the statewide local ...
Townsville City is a coastal suburb at the centre of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, the suburb of Townsville City had a population of 2,945 people. [1] It is the city's central business district and a major hub for businesses of all sectors in the Northern Australia region. Waterfront in the CBD
The event was known as the Townsville 400, based on a 400 kilometre format, in ten of the first eleven years of the event. In 2021, the event returned to the 500 kilometre format first used in 2014, while in both 2020 and 2021, two Townsville events were held under the Townsville SuperSprint banner due to calendar changes and shorter races ...
Each year when the clock strikes midnight on New Year's, people around the world sing one song in unison. "Auld Lang Syne" has long been a hit at New Year's parties in the U.S. as people join ...
Tyrell is married and has seven children, (six sons and one daughter). Before moving to Thuringowa, He had lived in Wangan, Tully, Ingham, Innisfail and Cairns.. Before entering into local government, Les Tyrell was a self-employed Financial Services consultant where he dealt in investment, insurance and finance.