Castle Hill, Townsville

This article is about the hill itself. For the suburb that it sits within, see Castle Hill, Queensland.

Castle Hill as seen from the Strand, Townsville
Monolithic Castle Hill dominates the Townsville coastline

Castle Hill is a heritage-listed isolated pink granite monolith in the suburb of Castle Hill, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[1][2] Its Indigenous name is Cootharinga, sometimes written as Cooderinga.[3][4]

It rises to a height of some 286 metres (938 ft) above sea level and dominates the city skyline.[5] It is one of the most distinctive natural features on the Queensland coast. There are a number of vantage points from which to view the city below and also across Cleveland Bay to nearby Magnetic Island. Castle Hill (as a hill) was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1993.[5]

  1. ^ "Castle Hill [hill] (entry 6446)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Castle Hill [suburb] (entry 44582)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ "CLEVELAND BAY AND THE TOWNSHIP OF TOWNSVILLE". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XX, no. 2, 386. Queensland, Australia. 21 September 1865. p. 2. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Castle Hill (Mount Cutheringa) – hill in City of Townsville (entry 6446)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Castle Hill (entry 601218)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.