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Currajong
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NameCurrajongDescriptionTownsville Suburb: A Port Jackson Aboriginal word meaning fishing line or rope. In the nineteenth century, the word was commonly used to describe various trees with fibrous bark which were used by Aborigines to make lines and rope. Nowadays it is usually used only of certain species of Brachychiton such as B. populneum (western kurrajong) or B. discolour (white kurrajong). The suburb name is probably taken from “Currajong”, the family home of the Hunts, which was situated in Fulham Road, and has been relocated in Castling Street, West End.
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NotesLocal Note: 0012019
Currajong. Townsville City Council, accessed 25/06/2025, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/130