Townsville

[ tounz-vil ]

noun

1. a seaport on the E coast of Queensland, in E Australia.

Townsville

/ ˈtaʊnzvɪl /

noun

1. a port in E Australia, in NE Queensland on the Coral Sea: centre of a vast agricultural and mining hinterland. Pop: 119 504 (2001)

Example Sentences

These layers are found across huge areas of NSW and Queensland, all the way from Sydney to near Townsville.

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“It’s a stand-alone coral … and we don’t see many that size,” says marine scientist Nathan Cook of Reef Ecologic, a climate and environmental consulting firm in Townsville, Australia.

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But it may be of interest to hear that Townsville claims one distinction.

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Townsville is simply a collection of humpies and shanties built upon an ill-smelling mud bank.

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The bay of Townsville is open, and the shoal water extends some two miles from the beach.

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Townsville is the most rising place of the north of Queensland, and, should it secede from the south, will become the capital.

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Shortly afterward he slipped over the side of the ship into a tossing and pitching launch and was rushed to Townsville.

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