Description
Garbutt is a residential and industrial suburb in the City of Townsville, in northern Queensland, Australia.
Garbutt is a residential and industrial suburb in the City of Townsville, in northern Queensland, Australia.
History
Garbutt is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country.The suburb takes its name from the railway station which was originally known as Garbutts Siding and renamed Garbutt by the Railways Department on 26 January 1940. The siding served the butchering firm established by Charles Overend Garbutt (1848–1905), a Queensland pastoralist whose sons had settled in Townsville.
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Population: 1001-10000
Time zone: UTC +10:00
Area: 12.286 km2
Elevation: 4-10 metres
Town elevation: 7 m
Population number: 2,396
Local Government Area: Townsville City Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Garbutt, Queensland