On her second visit to the capital, HMNZS Te Kaha served as venue for a series of peace talks culminating in the signing of the Townsville Peace Accord.

Summer Louise Lochowicz ( born 30 March 1978 in Townsville, Queensland ) is an Australian beach volleyball player and team partner of Kerri Pottharst in her Olympic debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

He spent two years as a journalist with the Townsville Bulletin, then worked as an industrial officer with the State Public Services Federation until 1993, when he was appointed economics adviser first to Senator Cheryl Kernot, the then Senate leader of the Australian Democrats, and to her successor Meg Lees.

Born Roberta Barkley Patterson in Townsville, Queensland, Sykes was raised by her mother and purportedly never knew her father.

During one of her sales journeys she met a family who arranged for her to visit their station west of Townsville in 1929 to care for their niece Maude, who was disabled by polio.

She was educated in Ravenshoe in Far North Queensland for her primary schooling and then moved south as a boarder at the private school Clayfield College in Brisbane and the College of Advanced Education in Townsville ( now James Cook University ) where she was Treasurer, then President of the Student Union and underwent teacher training.

Previously a Journalist and Senior Editor with the Townsville Daily Bulletin for fifteen years, Banfield let the tranquillity of this unspoilt tropical paradise weave its magic and he lived on Dunk Island for the remaining 26 years of his life until his death in 1923.

In 2005, a Townsville man was attacked and killed by a crocodile while he was canoeing with his wife at the Midway waterhole on the Normanby River.

During the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the Georgian rugby team arrived in Perth with a crowd of Perth residents welcoming them with colourful support, and a similar occurrence was noted in Townsville, Queensland where the Japanese rugby team was preferred to that of the French.

Throughout the early 1990s, SBS TV coverage was expanded further to include new areas such as the Latrobe Valley, Spencer Gulf, Darwin, north-east Tasmania, Cairns and Townsville.

Richard Bong is the namesake of the Richard Bong State Recreation Area on the site of what was to be Bong Air Force Base in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge along US Route 2 in the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, the Richard I. Bong Airport in Superior, the Bong Barracks of the Aviation Challenge program, the Richard I. Bong Bridge in Townsville, Australia, the Major Richard Ira Bong Squadron of the Arnold Air Society at the University of Wisconsin, the Richard Bong Theatre in Misawa, Japan and the 613th Air and Space Operations Center, Thirteenth Air Force, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.

Dairy Farmers Stadium was an official venue the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup, with three matches played in Townsville.

A V8 Supercars race track is located in Townsville, and the inaugural annual Townsville 400 was held in July 2009.

* 3 January 2012, Townsville, Queensland: a horse that died or was euthanised on 3 January 2012 returned a positive HeV test on 5 January 2012.

Three years after Mabo died, that being the traditional mourning period for the people of Murray Island, a gathering was held in Townsville for a memorial service.

In 1978, he was a guest research associate at Kyoto University, Japan, followed by a similar position at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia.

By 10 December 1924, Tully was connected with both Townsville and Innisfail.

He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and was a television station production manager and General Manager of Townsville Television from 1972 to 1996 before entering politics.

He was a member of the City of Townsville City Council from 1985 to 1996.

As Townsville developed though the mid-19th century, Magnetic Island became a valuable location for the gathering of hoop pine and granite, the latter of which was used in the reclamation of land for the Port of Townsville, and for construction of Townsville's Customs House.

A new route for the highway through Townsville was under construction with the first stage of the Townsville Ring Road ( now called The Ring Road ) already completed.

It was formerly spoken in the area around Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Support was provided to the group via use of the Loloho wharf on the eastern side of the island by naval vessels from Australia and New Zealand as well as the Kieta airfield by weekly C130 Hercules flights from Townsville.

As of 2010, it has been found that one of the Townsville branches of the Bank of Queensland was giving loans to clients of the collapsed Storm Financial.

Cook was born in Townsville, Queensland.

In 1942 the memorial stone from the Sydney grave of Robert Towns, founder of Townsville, was acquired by the Townsville City Council and erected at the summit.

Townsville is the media centre for North Queensland, with 5 commercial radio stations, North Queensland ABC radio station, 3 commercial television stations, one regional daily newspaper and one community weekly newspaper ( both owned by News Ltd ).

Its streets are named after Australia's industrial towns and regions-for example, Mount Isa is represented by Isa Street and Townsville is represented by Townsville Street.

Bowen is halfway between Townsville and Mackay, and 1, 130 kilometres by road from Brisbane.

Tully is a small town in Queensland, Australia, adjacent to the Bruce Highway approximately south of Cairns by road and north of Townsville.

Magnetic Island ( referred to as " Maggie Island " or just " Maggie " by locals ) is an island offshore from the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

The island is accessible from Townsville Breakwater to Nelly Bay Harbour by ferry.

The public facilities and infrastructure on the island are managed by the Townsville City Council.

Black, funded by Robert Towns, founded the township of Townsville on the mainland nearby.

The city is served by QR passenger train The Inlander, which travels overnight to Townsville twice a week in each direction.

Upgrade to a stretch of the highway north of Townsville has been given approval, and will see the existing dual carriageway to the north extended by another 5 – 10 km.

The city is served by Mackay Airport, from which Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar Airways and Tiger Airways Australia offer flights to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, as well as to regional destinations such as Geelong, Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton and Gladstone.

The results of enquiries made in 1902 by both The Northern Miner and The Bulletin newspapers identified him as Edwin Henry Murrant who had arrived at Townsville in Queensland on the SS Waroonga in 1883.

" Pappy " Gunn and his men at the 81st Depot Repair Squadron in Townsville, Queensland, modified some USAAF Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombers by installing four machine guns in their noses.

The settlement established here was known initially as Castletown, until the name was replaced by Townsville in 1865.

The first indication of the strength of North Queensland rugby league came in 1921 when the Townsville representative team, captained by Arch Foley, defeated Bulimba Cup champions Toowoomba.

North Queensland in 1984 became the first regional side to reach the State League finals, losing to a powerful Wynnum Manly side which included Wally Lewis and three former North Queenslanders who were by now Australian representatives in Gene Miles, Colin Scott ( both Townsville ) and Greg Dowling ( Ingham ).