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NameBarringhaDescriptionTownsville Suburb: Arthur Joseph Buck (1892-1973) selector, dairy farmer and grazier,
selected “Barringha” Woodstock in 1916. Barringha is the local Aboriginal name for the Hervey Range and also for the western silver wattle.

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our Brisbane - Townsville coast route and Townsville - Brisbane Road route - Railway crossing at Woodstock looking west Townsville-Charters Towers section, 1943

our Brisbane - Townsville coast route and Townsville - Brisbane Road route - Railway crossing at Woodstock looking west Townsville-Charters Towers section, 1943

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NotesImage and information taken from https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/PhotoDetail.aspx?Barcode=32044522 Last edited by: Editor_RC

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Townsville City Council acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun, Bindal, Gugu Badhun and Nywaigi as the Traditional Owners of this Land. We pay our respects to their cultures, their ancestors and their Elders, past and present- and all future generations.