Castle Hill Townsville, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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View from Castle Hill | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°15′20″S146°47′52″E / 19.25556°S 146.79778°E Coordinates: 19°15′20″S146°47′52″E / 19.25556°S 146.79778°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 1,009 (2011 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4810 | ||||||||||||||
Location | 3.7 km (2 mi) W of Townsville CBD | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Townsville | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Townsville | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Herbert | ||||||||||||||
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Castle Hill is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. [2] The Indigenous name for Castle Hill is Cootharinga, sometimes written as Cooderinga. [3] [4]
Most of the suburb is taken up with the Castle Hill reserve with only a small area in the north-east of the suburb being available for housing.
Castle Hill is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country. [5] The origin of the suburb name is taken from the geographical feature Castle Hill, thought to be named by an early pastoralist Andrew Ball. The Aboriginal name Cudtheringa was approved by Lieutenant Heath, on advice from James Morrill during a survey of Cleveland Bay in 1864. [6] In the 2011 census, Castle Hill had a population of 1,009 people. [1]
The Castle Hill reserve is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
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