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Saunders Beach, Queensland, Australia

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Saunders Beach, Queensland, Australia

Tag Archives: Townsville City Council

Wulgurukaba People – Ethno-Botanical Trail at Jezzine Barracks

23 Wednesday Nov 2016

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Bindal, Cape Pallarenda, Carpet Python, crocodiles, Gabul, Garabarra, Halifax Bay, Jezzine Barracks, Juru, Kissing Point, mangroves, NQ Dry Tropics, Rowes Bay, Townsville City Council, Traditional Owner, Wulgurukaba

The Wulgurukaba people are the Traditional Owners of Saunders Beach and their communion and contact with the land and sea is told throughout the Townsville region in many places e.g. the paths leading from the Garabarra Entrance at Jezzine Barracks, the Gabul Way that snakes around the cliffs of Magnetic Island and Wulgurukaba Plant Trail here at Saunders Beach.

Over time it will be Saunders Beach History Project’s great pleasure to feature images each of these places. Hope you enjoy them.

Jezzine Barracks redevelopment is a 15 hectares heritage open-space project provided by Townsville City Council and the Queensland and Australian Governments. It is located at Kissing Point area of Townsville.

The Wulgurukaba people and the Bindal people called this area Garabarra.

Image 1. The Garabarra Entrance is in Cook Street, North Ward.

Image 1. The Garabarra Entrance is in Cook Street, North Ward.

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Saunders Beach Cyclone Story Sign

01 Tuesday Nov 2016

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Bureau of Meteorology, Cyclone Althea, Cyclone Leonta, Cyclone Sigma, Cyclone Yasi, George Saunders, Ross Creek, Saunders Beach Rural Fire Brigade, Thuringowa City Council, Toolakea Beach, Townsville City Council, Townsville Enterprise Ltd, Townsville Grammar, Volunteers

The 2016-17 cyclone season starts today, 1st November 2016 with the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology launching its cyclone warning service for 2016-17.

Since 2007 Saunders Beach has had a constant reminder of cyclones in the form of interpretive signage in Saunders Park, at the northern end of Reef Street.

Image 1. The Saunders Beach Cyclone sign. Designed and installed by Thuringowa City Council.

Image 1. The Saunders Beach Cyclone sign. Designed and installed by Thuringowa City Council.

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Townsville’s ‘Hidden’ War Memorials – a T150 event.

03 Friday Jun 2016

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Annie Elizabeth MORRIS, Bruce ROBINSON, Dr D Gibson-Wilde, Elizabeth Annie Morris, Honour Boards, Louisa Emma BENTON, National Trust, Railway Station, Saunders Beach, Springfield, St James' Cathedral Townsville, T150, Townsville City Council, Townsville Grammar, Townsville Heritage Centre, Volunteers, WW1

Ever since the 1880s when George Saunders took up land in the area now called Saunders Beach this beachside village has had a vital connection to Townsville for such things as banking, Courts and State Land Office transactions. In 2008 the Queensland Government amalgamated local governments and Saunders Beach became a suburb of Townsville City Council.

This year Townsville celebrates 150 years – 1866 to 2016 – since it became a Municipality under the Queensland Municipals Institute Act of 1864. This historical milestone for Townsville is elegantly represented by the abbreviation T150.

In recognition of this Townsville City Council has planned a year-long festival of events, selecting some community-based activities to support financially. The National Trust of Australia (Qld) Townsville Branch received funding for four bus tours.

Castling Street.

Image 1. In the grounds of the Townsville Heritage Centre.

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North Queensland Cowboys – made history in our time

05 Saturday Mar 2016

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ARL, Cadigan, Community Centre, Doug Kingston, Kerry Boustead, Lee Kernaghan, NQ Cowboys, NRL, Ron McLean, Saunders Beach, Saunders Beach Community Centre Association Inc, Stockland Stadium, Thuringowa City Council, Townsville City Council, Wests Tigers, Willows Paceway

In their twenty-first playing year on 4th October 2015 the Cowboys team won the National Rugby League premiership for the first time.

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Photo kindly contributed by John Sheil.

 

It came as a just reward for the club whose beginnings were found in community desire and sustained effort . Continue reading →

The Mangroves of Saunders Beach

04 Sunday Oct 2015

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Althaus Ck, Bohle, bush medicine, bush tucker, butterfly, crabs, crocodiles, Crown Land, flying fox, George Saunders, Halifax Bay, lanette west, mangroves, surveyors, Townsville City Council, wharves, Wulgurukaba, Yasi

Althaus Creek at Saunders Beach where mangroves line both sides in the intertidal zone. March 2011.

Image 1. Althaus Creek at Saunders Beach where mangroves line both sides in the intertidal zone. March 2011.

We now know that, “approximately 17% of Australia’s mangroves have been destroyed since European settlement, with mangroves near developing centres being removed and destroyed for land reclamation.” [Source]. Previously the enormous environmental value of mangroves was little understood. Just ask any barramundi fisherman about why we need mangroves!

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The Saunders’ Selections at the Bohle

11 Saturday Jul 2015

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Bohle, Cape Pallarenda, Halifax Bay, Qld Govt, Queensland State Archives, Town Common Townsville, Townsville City Council

Over the years ‘The Bohle’ has come to mean locations in the vicinity of the Bohle River. Geographical features bear this name – the Bohle Plains and Mount Bohle. As well, man-made features – Bohle Industrial Estate, Bohle River Bridge and the Townsville suburb of Bohle – carry ‘Bohle’ in their name. George Saunders selected his first Portion of Crown Land in the Parish of Bohle in 1873.

Image 1. The mouth of the Bohle. The cluster of houses on the left is Mt Low (Bushland Beach). Taken from Many Peaks Range in 2009.

Image 1. The mouth of the Bohle. The cluster of houses on the left is Mt Low (Bushland Beach). Taken from Many Peaks Range in 2009.

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NanKivell Park

02 Tuesday Jun 2015

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Beach Banter, Great Depression, Saunders Beach Community Centre Association Inc, Springfield, Thuringowa City Council, Thuringowa Shire Council, Townsville City Council

NanKivell Park is a large open well-tended grassy space situated between Coral Street and Lagoon Avenue, Saunders Beach. Continue reading →

Saunders Beach History Project acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of Saunders Beach, the Wulgurukaba people.

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Thank you everyone for your kind contributions of photos, stories and memorabilia to the history of Saunders Beach.
We at Saunders Beach History Project take great delight in hearing your memories of the Beach. Please email saundersbeachhistoryproject@yahoo.com or add a comment to one of the stories if you have something to share.

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The first permanent house in Saunders Beach, built for Bruce Robinson, grandson of George and Elizabeth Saunders. Photo by Judith Ecuyer, May 2009.

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