Patron: Commander 3rd Brigade, Brigadier David McCammon DSM and Bar
Homebase for the Veteran Community in Townsville
1 Staging Camp Ave, Oonoonba. Drop-in M-F 0900-1500, after hours upon booking. Dirty Boots Cafe M-F 0730-1400. All closed on W/E and public holidays, unless booked.
[for navigation apps you may have better luck with 20 Darter Street, Oonoonba until actual is recognised on all platforms]
Street Names in The Village
Not only is the site of The Oasis Townsville at The Village in Oonoonba (most recently the Department of Primary Industry station) appropriate due its use during WWII as the 13th Australian Personnel Staging Camp for those transitioning in and out of the Army during the war, but the street names make it more so.
The name of the Park opposite The Oasis Townsville is 'Rawdon Middleton VC Park'.
Here is a PDF Map of The Village Master Plan. The Oasis Townsville is located at the corner of Darter and Colvin Streets at the place on the map shown as 'Mixed use'.
These ate the designated street names as issued by the developers and approved by the appropriate authority:
Bantam Lane
SS Bantam - Dutch ship targeted in Townsville raid by Japanese
Blakely Crescent
Clem Blakely - Australian Commanding Officer of 1WU*
Burstall Street
Lawrence Wilbur Burtsall - Killed in action in WWII
Bushlark Street
Small, short, thickset bird with short sparrow-like bill
Clegg Lane
John Clegg - Early landholder of Oonoonba/Fairfield/Idalia 1884-1934
Craddock Lane
Robert Lawrence Craddock - Harbour Board Chair 1904-1905 and 1906-1910
Darter Street
Australasian darter bird
Ede Lane
Clarence Ede - upholsterer and supplier of tents to Mount Isa tent city in the 1930's
Emily Lane
Emily - Allied designation for the Japanese Kawanishi aircraft that bombed Townsville
Goode Lane
Cyril Goode - Flight Lieutenant who spotted the first recorded Japanese reconnaissance plane over Townsville on 21 March, 1942 from an observation post on Kissing Point
Harriger Lane
Robert Harriger - US pilot who intercepted and fired on the Japanese on 29 July, 1942
Holyoak Avenue
John Holyoak - Air Raid Precaution Warden for North Ward
Huxley Crescent
William Huxley - Member of the Australian Army Bomb Disposal Team
Intercept Circuit
World War II relevant term
Lafferty Circuit
Terrence Lafferty Principal of former Townsville Technical College, Stanley & Walker Street
Leggett Crescent
Madsen Street
Madsen and Watson - Contractors engaged to construct the former Lion Brewery which opened in late 1894.
Matheson Circuit
Miss Matheson - Australia woman based North Ward who tracked the Japanese flying boat from its Rabaul base to Townsville.
Mizuno View
Kunitaro Mizuno - Co-pilot associated with the raid on Townsville
Pepperdene Crescent
Mary Pepperdene - Early landholder of Oonoonba/Fairfield/Idalia 1884-1934
Polin Lane
A.B. Polin - designed the bandstand in what is now Anzac Park on the Strand in 1913.
Riveredge Boulevard
Named 'Riveredge' based on the location (near River Boulevard and considering its direction toward the river). 'Boulevard' to reflect the wide tree-lined thoroughfare.
Stanfield Crescent
Herbert Stanfield - Early landholder of Oonoonba/Fairfield/Idalia 1884-1934
Tucker Lane
Arthur Tucker - Pilot Officer who tried to intercept the first Japanese reconnaissance plane over Townsville on 21 March, 1942
Blackmann Street
C. Blackmann - Architect who designed Magnetic House at 143-149 Flinders Street East, initiated late 1885 or early 1886.
Boulton Street
Harry Boulton - Early landholder of Oonoonba/Fairfield/Idalia 1884-1934
Burwah Crescent
SS Burwah - ship moored at Townsville and targeted by the Japanese
Carfoot Lane
Carfoot