Townsville

[tounz-vil]

noun

1. a seaport on the E coast of Queensland, in E Australia.

Townsville

/ ˈtaʊnzvɪl /

noun

1. a port in E Australia, in NE Queensland on the Coral Sea: centre of a vast agricultural and mining hinterland. Pop: 119 504 (2001)

Example Sentences

Dyer grew up in a place called Townsville and displayed a performative streak early on thanks, in part, to her father, a lawyer, who moonlighted as a musical performer.

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He is based in Townsville, the regional centre of an area known for a rain-drenched, hot, humid wet season from January to March.

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Yet the issue with weather influencers, Prof Angus notes, is their tendency to scaremonger, as social media weather forecaster Higgins Storm Chasing, also based in Townsville, has been criticised for.

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In Townsville, locals woke to grey skies but only drizzle, and the news that predicted flooding levels did not materialise.

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The easing conditions mean people who had been advised to leave six Townsville suburbs may have "dodged a bullet", the premier said, after earlier forecasts had suggested up to 1,700 homes were in danger.

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