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Garbutt
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NameGarbuttDescriptionTownsville Suburb: The suburb developed around Garbutt Siding which was named by the Railway Department as the siding provided rail access to the abattoir of the Garbutt Brothers, well-known early pastoralists and butchers. In July 1939, the Garbutt Siding Progress Association petitioned the government to change the name to Garbutt. The Council offered no objection to the proposed change of name. The Aboriginal name for the area is Thin-dang-a. (Price, 1885).
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Cr Mark Molachino and Council Chief Strategy Officer Brett Brogan, Disaster Committee Meeting, 2019.

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Note transcribed from the back of the photograph: Daryl Shaw, ? , Ron Jackson, Gladys Berry (sitting), Brian Dyer (foreground).
The Philip Leong Collection
Photographer Unknown
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NotesLocal Note: 0019171
Garbutt. Townsville City Council, accessed 24/03/2025, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/132