page_title: Castle Hill, Townsville
section_title: World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Castle Hill, Townsville / History / World War II
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial photograph of Castle Hill, Queensland. 1952 photograph of the quarry where the Sturt Street cutting now exists.
context_page_description: Castle Hill is a heritage-listed isolated pink granite monolith in the suburb of Castle Hill, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Its Indigenous name is Cootharinga, sometimes written as Cooderinga.
  It rises to a height of some 286 metres above sea level and dominates the city skyline. 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 was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1993.
context_section_description: During the Second World War Castle Hill was used as a communications and observation post. Infantry and field regiments of the 5th Australian Division were deployed on the hill, and the observation post they constructed remains. In 1942 a radar station was established on the summit, and searchlights extended halfway up the hill. The road up Castle Hill was closed to traffic on 12 March 1942 to enable the construction of the above-ground Green Street Bunker near Sidney Street, West End. Unconfirmed reports indicate approval was given for the construction of an underground Area Combined Headquarters in Castle Hill in 1943.
caption: 1952 photograph of the quarry near Sturt Street
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