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User Guide - RecollectionsLocal History Collection, Townsville Citylibraries, Flinders Street, 21 August 2026Portrait of Charters Towers fireman George Phillip Fry, ca.1900Fire Brigade badge, April 1897Stuart Immigration Holding Centre interpretive signage, Stuart Drive, Townsville, 28 May 2026Fire Brigade badge, April 1897Branding cattle, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Branding cattle, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Workers, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Workers, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Worker and horse, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Cattle, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Workers from Dotswood Station in a bar, North Queensland, ca. 1965Homestead, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Homestead outbuilding, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Cattle work, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Branding cattle, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Worker and horse, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Workers on horseback, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Workers at Dotswood Station, North Queensland, ca. 1965Workers with horses, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Worker on horseback, Dotswood Station, ca. 1965Low lying area near north boundary of proposed north lake development area, Townsville, 1984Low lying areas of proposed lake development area, Townsville, 1984Close up of grass and bare saltpan with surface salt at proposed lake development area, Townsville, 1984Grasses, water reed and low lying area on the northern side of proposed north lake development area, Townsville, 1984Saltpan area on the eastern side of proposed southern lake development area, Townsville, 1984North east corner of proposed lake development area, Townsville, 1984Proposed lake development area south of Woolcock Street viewed from Bayswater Road, Townsville, 1984Proposed lake development area south of Woolcock Street, Townsville, 1984Floodgate on Woolcock canal viewed from Ross Creek, Townsville, 1984Woolcock canal, Townsville, 1984Floodgate structure on Woolcock canal, Townsville, 1984View of site for lakes development from Castle Hill looking south west, Townsville, 1984Unlined informal drain in proposed lake development area south of Woolcock Street, Townsville, 1984Soil borrow pits near north western boundary of proposed lake development, Townsville, 1984Soil borrow activities near northern boundary of proposed lake development, Townsville, 1984Proposed lake development area south of Woolcock Street with trail bike actvities in progress, Townsville, 1984Proposed lake development area south of Woolcock Street being subjected to trail bike activities, Townsville, 1984View of Townsville from Rooney Street, Townsville, ca. 2015.View of Townsville city buildings from Castle Hill, ca. 2015.Aerial view of Townsville harbour and Castle Hill, ca. 2015.View of Townsville City from Castle Hill, Walker Street, Townsville, ca. 2015.View of George Roberts Bridge over Ross Creek, Townsville, 22 August, 2018.View of Townsville City and Castle Hill from Queensland Museum Tropics, 22 August, 2018.Eddie Mabo monument on the banks of Ross Creek, Townsville, 29 July, 2019.View down Tenth Avenue from Boundary Street, 12 August, 2018.Castle Hill lookout, Townsville, ca. 2015.Eddie Mabo monument on the banks of Ross Creek, Townsville, ca. 2015.Shops on Boundary Street, South Townsville, 12 August, 2018.
 

 

 

 

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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.