Faces of the past bring city's history into the future
Date published: 2 June 2016
The faces of a bygone era will soon appear all over the city as Townsville City Council continues the T150 celebrations.
Gallery Services, together with LensCap – a collective associated with ABC Open – will install temporary photographic paste-ups in various locations around Townsville in June as part of the Families of Townsville project.
The photographs depict portraits of the founding families of Townsville and will be located in the suburb after whom they are named, or where their family had direct influence.
Community and Cultural Development Committee chair Cr Colleen Doyle said the project was timed to coincide with the city-wide celebration of portraiture, The Percivals, and also link in with Townsville’s T150 year.
“This is a significant year for our city, as it celebrates 150 years of municipality,” Cr Doyle said.
“This project will bring some of the city’s past to life and help put a face to the names of the suburbs and streets that we drive through every day, mostly not knowing the history or origin of the names,” Cr Doyle said.
“This is a wonderful project that will share the past with a new generation of residents.”
The sites are:
CBD
* AECOM Building, corner of Stokes and Sturt St
* Lendlease Building, 52 Walker St
* 103 Walker St (Council Customer Services Centre)
* 143 Walker St
* Stanley Place, 25 Stanley St
* City Lane, between Flinders and Sturt St
* ABC Radio building, 8 Wickham St
Flinders St Shelters
* Corner of Flinders and Stanley Sts
* Corner of Stokes and Flinders Sts
* Corner of Flinders and Denham Sts
Suburbs
* Riverway Arts Centre, 20 Village Blvd, Condon
* Back of Weir School, 592 Ross River Rd, Kirwan (facing the river)
* Aitkenvale Library, 4 Petunia St, Aitkenvale
* James Cook University Library, Building 18, Angus Smith Dr, Douglas
* Townsville Hospital, 100 Angus Smith Dr, Douglas
* Warrina Shopping Centre, Garbutt
* Heatley House, Cathedral School, 154 Ross River Rd, Mundingburra
* Riverway Laundromat, 1/1219 Riverway Dr, Rasmussen
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The photographs will be installed in the first week of June and be removed mid-July.
