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Four people on the run after allegedly stealing police firearm and ammunition in Townsville (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 6 months ago by Baku@aussie.zone to c/brisbane@aussie.zone

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[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Named after Robert Towns. 150 years before the airing of a children's television show that provokes the same tired comments from overseas posters every time the word "Townsville" appears in the news.

"Robert Towns (10 November 1794 – 11 April 1873) was a British master mariner who settled in Australia as a businessman, sandalwood merchant, colonist, shipowner, pastoralist, politician, whaler and civic leader. He was the founder of Townsville, Queensland and named it after himself."