Stuart, Queensland

Stuart
Townsville, Queensland

Population

1,051 (2011 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

4811

Suburbs around Stuart:
South Townsville Railway Estate	Coral Sea	Cape Cleveland
Onnoonba Cluden	Stuart	Nome
Wulguru Roseneath	Brookhill	Julagao

Stuart is a rural suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.^[2] In the 2011 census, Stuart had a population of 1,051 people.^[1]

Geography

Stuart is bounded to the north-east by the Coral Sea. The North Coast railway line forms the western boundary with the Stuart railway station serving the suburb. The Bruce Highway passes from the south-east to the north-west through the suburb. The Flinders Highway passes from the south-west to its junction with the Bruce Highway. Most of this large suburb is undeveloped land with the developed land mostly used for infrastructure and industrial purposes. There is a small amount of residential development.^[3]

Infrastructure in Stuart includes:

Townsville Correctional Centre
Stuart landfill and waste transfer station^[4]

Industries in Stuart include:

Mount Stuart Power Station
Sun Metals Zinc Refinery^[5]

Heritage listings

Stuart has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Centenary Drive, off Dwyer Street: Stewart's Creek Gaol (the historic buildings within the present Townsville Correction Centre)^[6]
Off Stuart Drive: former Operations and Signals Bunker^[7]
523 Stuart Drive: St Brigid's Church^[8]

History during WW2

In December 1942, two classrooms of the Stuart State School on the outskirts of Townsville were used by the Army as the main Army Signals Communication Centre in North Queensland.

The unit then moved to a concrete bunker at Roseneath.

Suburbs of Townsville, North Queensland, Queensland

Urban	Aitkenvale Annandale Belgian Gardens Bohle Bohle Plains Castle Hill Cluden Condon Cranbrook Currajong Douglas Garbutt Gulliver Heatley Hermit Park Hyde Park Idalia James Cook University Kelso Kirwan Lavarack Army Barracks Mount Louisa Mount St John Mount Stuart Mundingburra Murray Mysterton North Ward Oonoonba Pallarenda Pimlico Railway Estate Rasmussen Rosslea Rowes Bay Shaw South Townsville Thuringowa Central Town Common Townsville City Townsville West Vincent West End Wulguru

Rural	Alice River Alligator Creek Balgal Beach Barringha Blue Hills Bluewater Park Brookhill Calcium Cape Cleveland Clemant Crimea Crystal Creek Cungulla Granite Vale Gumlow Hervey Range Hidden Valley Julago Lynam Majors Creek Mount Elliot Mutarnee Nome Oak Valley Orpheus Island Palm Island Paluma Partington Pinnacles Rangewood Reid River Rollingstone Roseneath Rupertswood Stuart Toomulla Toonpan Woodstock

Northern Beaches	Beach Holm Black River Bluewater Burdell Bushland Beach Deeragun Jensen Mount Low Purono Park Saunders Beach Toolakea Yabulu

Magnetic Island	Arcadia Cockle Bay Florence Bay Horseshoe Bay Magnetic Island Nelly Bay Picnic Bay

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Stuart". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
↑ "Stuart (entry 47626)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
↑ "Waste Facilities". Townsville City Council. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
↑ "Sun Metals Corporation Pty. Ltd. Australia". www.sunmetals.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
↑ "Stewart's Creek Gaol (former) (entry 601250)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
↑ "Operations and Signals Bunker (former) (entry 601708)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
↑ "St Brigid's Church (entry 600881)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

External links

University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Stuart

Coordinates: 19°19′S 146°49′E / 19.317°S 146.817°E / -19.317; 146.817

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