Townsville was first started in the year 1859. This was when a sea captain who was named Robert Town was asked to start making a wharf on Cleveland Bay.
1864
At the start Townsville only covered a very small area. Which at the the centre of Ross Creek over the years Townsville had started to grow even bigger.
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