Sacred Heart Cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic cathedral at 266 Stanley Street, Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1896 to 1902 by Dennis Kelleher.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Description: historic site in Queensland, Australia
Also known as: “Catedral del Sagrado Corazon” and “Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include North Queensland Stadium and Queens Gardens.

North Queensland Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Greditdesu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

North Queensland Stadium is a stadium located in the Townsville suburb of Railway Estate. It is primarily used for rugby league as the home ground of the North Queensland Cowboys which compete in the National Rugby League. North Queensland Stadium is situated 1 km southeast of Sacred Heart Cathedral.

Queens Gardens

Park

Photo: Stickpen, Public domain.

Queens Gardens is a large heritage-listed botanic garden at Paxton Street, North Ward, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Queens Gardens is located at the base of Castle Hill, near to both the city centre and The Strand beachside park.

Castle Hill

Peak

Photo: Hanek45, Public domain.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Townsville City and Townsville.

Townsville City

Suburb

Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Townsville City is a coastal suburb at the centre of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Townsville City had a population of 2,945 people.

Townsville

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Townsville is a laid-back coastal city of over 173,724 people in North Central Queensland. Townsville is on the coast and enjoys an average of 320 days of sunshine a year.

Castle Hill

Suburb

Castle Hill is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The suburb is based on and around the mountain of the same name.

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Categories: historic site, cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-19.25894° or 19° 15′ 32″ south

Longitude

146.81177° or 146° 48′ 42″ east

Open location code

5RG8PRR6+CP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 502655289

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

Wikidata ID

Q19878311

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Sacred Heart Cathedral” goes by many names.

Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية القلب المقدس”
Indonesian: “Katedral Townsville”
Spanish: “Catedral del Sagrado Corazón”

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