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Castle Hill, Townsville (January 2008) Robert Towns monument, relocated to Castle Hill, Townsville. The hill is an inselberg of Carboniferous–Permian origins, rising abruptly from the younger Quaternary coastal plain. [6] The surface is primarily bare rock or shallow lithosols with small areas of duplex soils. There are three peaks to the summit.
Castle Hill is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. [2] The suburb is based on and around the mountain of the same name. [3] The Indigenous name for the mountain is Cootharinga, sometimes written as Cooderinga. [4] [5] In the 2021 census, Castle Hill had a population of 972 people. [1]
Townsville CBD has many heritage-listed sites, including: Castle Hill Road: Castle Hill [1] 2–4 Cleveland Terrace: Drystone Wall, Melton Hill [2] 20 Cleveland Terrace: The Rocks Guesthouse [3] 26 Cleveland Terrace: Warringa [4] 36 Cleveland Terrace: St James Cathedral [5] 36 Cleveland Terrace: Synod Hall [6]
It, together with Castle Hill in the town centre and Mount Stuart to the south of the city, form a large quartz monzonite igneous province. [citation needed] Castle Hill, a granite monolith in Townsville. The Ross River flows through the city. Three weirs, fish stocking and dredging of the river in these reaches has resulted in a deep, stable ...
Castle Hill, a small hill and land area in Bicton, Western Australia Castle Hill, New South Wales , a suburb of Sydney Castle Hill, Queensland , a suburb of Townsville
Robert Towns Monument atop Castle Hill, Townsville. In 1870, Robert Towns was attacked by paralysis and his health was precarious thereafter. He suffered a further stroke on 7 April 1873 and died at his home, Cranbrook, on 11 April 1873. [52] [34] He was buried on 15 April 1873 in the Balmain Cemetery. [53] [54]
The Marina and Castle Hill Townsville City is home to many regional offices of government organisations as well as many private companies, serving as a hub for northern Queensland. There has been extensive construction in the city centre over the last 20 years.
Townsville West State School opened on 21 March 1887 and celebrated its centenary in 1987. [4] [5] St Mary's School opened on 1 October 1888. In 1995, it was amalgamated into The Marian School in Currajong. [6] [7] Townsville West Special School opened on 29 September 1958 and closed on 21 December 1992. [5]