NameStuartDescriptionTownsville Suburb: The suburb is named after W. Clarendon Stuart (1833-1912), surveyor. After passing his final examinations in 1858, he was appointed to the position of Second Class Surveyor at Rockhampton. Following the opening of the Kennedy district to settlement he surveyed the towns of Bowen (1861), Wickham (1863) Dalrymple (1864) and Townsville (1865). Clarendon Stuart left Queensland in 1875, settled in Sydney and was the founding chairman of the English Church Union there. The local Aboriginal name for the district recorded by C. Price in 1885 was U-ool-gool-o-bo-ro.
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Copper Refinery, Stuart, Townsville.
Photographer: Alex Trotter
Stuart. Townsville City Council, accessed 20/04/2026, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/157