Soroptimist Park, Townsville
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Soroptimist Park is a foreshore park located in the suburb of Rowes Bay
, Townsville
, Australia
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areas, shade areas and an adventure playground, specifically designed to be suitable for all children, including those with disabilities. The park also contains some attractive Australian sculptures, added in 1988 as an Australian Bicentennial
project. Further public art, in the form of mosaic
tile works, were completed in 1994 as part of the International Year of the Child. The combined clubs of Soroptimist International
of Townsville; Townsville West and Townsville Breakwater were the instigators of Soroptimist Park.
is a worldwide organization for women in management and professions, working through service projects to advance human rights and the status of women. There are currently have over 90,000 members in more than 3,000 clubs in 126 countries and territories.
Rowes Bay, Queensland
-Description:Its mix of sea and mountainside residential offerings has become the catalyst for accelerating and affluent development in the suburb. Many of the old Queenslander houses have been replaced with apartments. Rowes Bay is also located adjacent to The Strand and Castle Hill...
, Townsville
Townsville, Queensland
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a 2006 census...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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It contains lawns, barbecueBarbecue
Barbecue or barbeque , used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of...
areas, shade areas and an adventure playground, specifically designed to be suitable for all children, including those with disabilities. The park also contains some attractive Australian sculptures, added in 1988 as an Australian Bicentennial
Australian Bicentenary
The bicentenary of Australia was celebrated in 1970 on the 200th anniversary of Captain James Cook landing and claiming the land, and again in 1988 to celebrate 200 years of permanent European settlement.-1970:...
project. Further public art, in the form of mosaic
Mosaic
Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral...
tile works, were completed in 1994 as part of the International Year of the Child. The combined clubs of Soroptimist International
Soroptimist
Founded in 1921, Soroptimist International is a world-wide volunteer service organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world...
of Townsville; Townsville West and Townsville Breakwater were the instigators of Soroptimist Park.
Soroptimist International
Soroptimist InternationalSoroptimist
Founded in 1921, Soroptimist International is a world-wide volunteer service organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world...
is a worldwide organization for women in management and professions, working through service projects to advance human rights and the status of women. There are currently have over 90,000 members in more than 3,000 clubs in 126 countries and territories.