Pallarenda

Pallarenda, a coastal suburb, is eight km north-west of central Townsville. It was named after Cape Pallarenda, the suburb's northernmost point. Possibly Aboriginal in origin, 'Pallarenda' was the name given by Lieutenant G.P. Heath in 1864 when surveying Cleveland Bay.

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