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TOWNSVILLE , a See also:town of See also:Elphinstone See also:county, See also:Queensland, See also:Australia, 87o m. See also:direct N.W. of See also:Brisbane. Pop. (1901), 12,717. It is the seat of the See also:Anglican See also:bishop of See also:North Queensland and has a See also:cathedral and several handsome buildings, including the supreme See also:court and the See also:custom-See also:house. It is picturesquely situated partly on the slopes of See also:Castle See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill and Melton Hill, and partly on the See also:banks of See also:Ross See also:Creek, which is spanned by the See also:Victoria See also:Bridge, a See also:swing bridge 550 ft. in length, worked by See also:hydraulic See also:power. The tidal See also:harbour is enclosed by See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone breakwaters, and large vessels enter and load frozen See also:meat direct from the refrigerator cars. The See also:port is an outlet for a wide See also:area of See also:pastoral See also:country and for several goldfields, and has See also:regular communication with all ports north and See also:south by lines of steamers. The See also:immigration See also:barracks on Ross See also:Island have See also:accommodation for five See also:hundred persons. The railway station is the See also:terminus of the See also:Northern See also:line, which extends 236 M. to Hughenden. Townsville was founded in 1864 by See also:John Medwin See also:Black and named after his partner See also:Captain Towns. A municipal See also:charter was granted in 1866.
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