Townsville

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city locality

Townsville is a coastal city in northeastern Australia known as a major regional center, gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, and home to a large military presence and tropical climate.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → locality →
climate	tropical →
country	Australia →
federalDivision	Herbert →
governingBody	Townsville City Council →
hasAirport	Townsville Airport →
hasAttraction	Castle Hill → Museum of Tropical Queensland → Reef HQ Aquarium → The Strand (foreshore) →
hasClimateType	tropical savanna climate →
hasLocalGovernmentArea	City of Townsville →
hasMilitaryPresence	true →
hasNearbyWorldHeritageSite	Great Barrier Reef → Wet Tropics of Queensland →
hasPort	Port of Townsville →
hasProfessionalSportsTeam	North Queensland Cowboys →
hasRiver	Ross River →
hasStadium	Queensland Country Bank Stadium →
hasUniversity	James Cook University (main campus nearby in Douglas) →
hostsFacility	Lavarack Barracks → RAAF Base Townsville →
isCoastalCity	true →
isEducationCentre	true →
isGatewayTo	Great Barrier Reef →
isKnownFor	access to Great Barrier Reef → large military presence → tropical climate →
isMajorRegionalCentreFor	North Queensland →
isPortCity	true →
isRegionalCentre	true →
isServiceCentreFor	mining regions of North Queensland →
isTransportHubFor	North Queensland →
locatedIn	Queensland →
locatedInRegion	North Queensland →
locatedNear	Magnetic Island →
locatedOn	coast of northeastern Australia →
locatedOnWaterbody	Coral Sea →
populationEstimate	over 150000 →
primaryIndustry	defence → education and research → port and logistics → tourism →
railConnection	North Coast railway line →
stateElectorate	Townsville →
timezone	AEST →
utcOffset	+10:00 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Northeastern Australia → Queensland →	contains
North Queensland Cowboys →	basedIn
Bruce Highway ("Townsville region") →	connectsRegion
Wet Tropics of Queensland ("Townsville region") →	extendsTo
QantasLink →	focusCity
51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment →	garrison
Central Queensland University →	hasCampusIn
Townsville ("City of Townsville") →	hasLocalGovernmentArea
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority ("Townsville, Queensland") →	headquartersLocation
North Queensland Cowboys ("Townsville, Queensland") →	homeCity
Great Barrier Reef →	locatedNear
Bruce Highway →	passesThroughCity
Julian Assange ("Townsville, Queensland, Australia") →	placeOfBirth
Torres Strait Islanders →	populationConcentratedIn
Townsville →	stateElectorate