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[17] [18] The Wulgurukaba claim to be the traditional owners of the Townsville city area; the Bindal had a claim struck out by the Federal Court of Australia in 2005. [19] James Cook visited the Townsville region on his first voyage to Australia in 1770 but did not land there. Cook named nearby Cape Cleveland, Cleveland Bay and Magnetic(al ...
Block A of Townsville Technical College is a heritage-listed technical college building at 212–260 Stanley Street, Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Department of Public Works (Queensland) and built from 1920 to 1921.
Traditional owners of the land ... Eton College graduate, ... [92] Townsville, [92] Whitsundays [92] and destinations west of the city.
The Manbarra have not been given legal status as traditional owners of the Palm Islands, as the people known as the Bwgcolman, drawn from over 40 tribes on the mainland and Torres Strait Islands, were forcibly moved to the Palm Island Aboriginal Settlement from 1918 onwards, and it is their descendants (the "historical people", who now inhabit ...
Hermit Park is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country. [4] The origin of the suburb name Hermit Park is from the residence of a business owner Leopold Ferdinand Sachs. [2] The Suburban Bowling Club was established in 1923 on the corner of Charters Towers Road and Carr Street, the second to be established in Townsville.
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
Heatley is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country. [5] The origin of the suburb name is from W.J. Heatley, the former Mayor of Townsville from 1927 to 1933. [6] Heatley State High School opened on 30 January 1968. On 16 December 1999 it renamed Heatley Secondary College. [7] Heatley State School opened on 25 January 1971. [7]
The Traditional owner Aboriginal groups in the region are the Taribelang, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang, and Bailai peoples. They are the original inhabitants of the region. [ 24 ] A determination of Native Title was made for all four cultural groups by the National Native Title Tribunal , pursuant to the Native Title Act 1993 , on 28 November 2017 ...