Mount Louisa, Queensland

Mount Louisa Townsville, Queensland
Mount Louisa, with the Ross River in the foreground and Cleveland Bay in the distance
Postcode(s)	4814
LGA(s)	City of Townsville
State electorate(s)	Townsville
Federal Division(s)	Herbert
Suburbs around Mount Louisa: Bohle Mount St John Garbutt Shaw Mount Louisa Currajong Kirwan Heatley Vincent

Mount Louisa is a semi-rural residential suburb located on the north and ocean side of Townsville city. It is placed around the foothills of Mount Louisa itself rising from 15 m above sea level to the mountain's peak of 185 m ASL. The older section of Mount Louisa faces the ocean and Magnetic Island, while new developments have seen large new housing estates being built on the western and northern aspects of the mount.

History

During World War II as many as 4,000 American personnel worked and lived at Depot #2 at the base of Mount Louisa. Entertainment in the camp was held at Helton Hall, which was an open aired building named after Master Sergeant Helton who was killed in the B-25 crash at Rattlesnake Island. Some famous Hollywood stars appeared at Helton Hall including John Wayne, Joe E. Brown, Gary Cooper, Una Merkel and Phyllis Brook. Woody Herman's orchestra also appeared at Helton Hall.^[1]

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Mount Louisa

Coordinates: 19°17′S 146°44′E / 19.283°S 146.733°E / -19.283; 146.733

v t e Suburbs of Townsville, North Queensland, Queensland Urban Aitkenvale Annandale Belgian Gardens Bohle Castle Hill Cluden Condon Cranbrook Currajong Douglas Garbutt Gulliver Gumlow 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 Townsville City Vincent West End Wulguru Rural Alice River Alligator Creek Balgal Beach Black River Blue Hills Bluewater Park Bohle Plains Brookhill Calcium Cape Cleveland Cleament Crimea Crystal Creek Cungulla Hervey Range Hidden Valley Julago Lynam Majors Creek Mount Elliot Mutarnee Nome Oak Valley Orpheus Island Palm Island Partington Pinnacles Rangewood Reid River Rollingstone Roseneath Rupertswood Stuart Toomulla Toonpan Woodstock Northern Beaches Beach Holm Bluewater Burdell Bushland Beach Deeragun Jensen Mount Low Purono Park Saunders Beach Toolakea Yabulu Magnetic Island Arcadia Cockle Bay Horseshoe Bay Magnetic Island Nelly Bay Picnic Bay

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