Townsville

Townsville Queensland
Townsville CBD and Ross River Port of Townsville and Marina Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Queen's Hotel on The Strand Castle Hill Townsville waterfront with North Queensland Stadium in the background
Townsville
Coordinates	19°15′S 146°49′E / 19.250°S 146.817°E / -19.250; 146.817
Population	173,724 (UCL 2021)[1][2]
Established	1865
Postcode(s)	4810
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Area	693.3 km2 (267.7 sq mi)[3] (2021 urban)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
Location	1,348 km (838 mi) NNW of Brisbane 348 km (216 mi) SSE of Cairns 386 km (240 mi) NW of Mackay 1,267 km (787 mi) NNW of Sunshine Coast 1,434 km (891 mi) NNW of Gold Coast
LGA(s)	City of Townsville
County	Elphinstone
State electorate(s)	Townsville Thuringowa Mundingburra Burdekin Hinchinbrook
Federal division(s)	Herbert Dawson
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 28.9 °C 84 °F 19.8 °C 68 °F 1,134.7 mm 44.7 in

Townsville (Bindal: Thul Garrie Waja,^[4] Warrongo: Gabilgaba)^[5] is a city on the northern east coast of Queensland, Australia. It is the largest regional city in Queensland and in 2010 was made a second capital by Premier Anna Bligh to take the stress of governing off the southeast corner of Queensland. Before the city was made a capital, Townsville was often referred to as the capital of North Queensland, but the split of the state never occurred.

Popular attractions include 'The Strand', a long tropical beach and garden strip; Riverway, a riverfront parkland attraction on the banks of Ross River; Reef HQ, a large tropical aquarium holding many of the Great Barrier Reef's native flora and fauna; the Museum of Tropical Queensland, built around a display of relics from the sunken British warship HMS Pandora; and Magnetic Island, a large neighbouring island, the vast majority of which is national park.

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Townsville (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 11 December 2022. 
2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Townsville (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. 
3. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Townsville". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
4. ↑ https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/about-townsville/history-and-heritage/townsville-history/traditional-landowners
5. ↑ https://www.scribd.com/doc/164615998/Grammar-of-Warrongo-Mouton-Grammar-Library-pdf