Mt Louisa, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Mount Louisa
city = Townsville
state = qld


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lga = City of Townsville
postcode = 4814
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pop =
area =
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stategov = Townsville
fedgov = Herbert
near-nw = Bohle
near-n = Mount St John
near-ne = Garbutt
near-w = Shaw
near-e = Currajong
near-sw = Kirwan
near-s = Heatley
near-se = Vincent
dist1 =
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Mt Louisa is one of the original suburbs of Queensland, Australia, and is located on the north and ocean side of Townsville city. It is placed around the foothills of Mt Louisa itself rising from 15 m above sea level to the mountain's peak of 185 m ASL. The older section of Mt Louisa faces the ocean and Magnetic Island, while new developments have seen large new housing estates being built on the western and northern aspects of the mount.

History

The suburb was previously in Thuringowa

During World War II as many as 4,000 American personnel worked and lived at Depot #2 at the base of Mount Louisa. Entertainment in the camp was held at Helton Hall, which was an open aired building named after Master Sergeant Helton who was killed in the B-25 crash at Rattlesnake Island. Some famous Hollywood stars appeared at Helton Hall including John Wayne, Joe E. Brown, Gary Cooper, Una Merkel and Phyllis Brook. The famous Woody Herman's orchestra also appeared at Helton Hall [ Peter Dunn, Australians At War, accessed May 2006 http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/qld28.htm]

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