Condon
Situated in Wulgurukaba country thirteen kilometres southwest of central Townsville, Condon is the first and northernmost of three residential suburbs along the Ross River's western bank that were formerly known as the Upper Ross.
Townsville's Ring Road (the Bruce Highway) runs through Condon, connecting the suburb to Douglas and the city's southern suburbs via the Vickers Bridge across the Ross River. The Garbutt–Upper Ross Road (Riverway Drive) and Ross River Road connect residents to suburbs and facilities on the northern side of Ross River, which forms the suburb's eastern boundary. Hervey Range Road, Gollogly Lane and the Bohle River form the northern, southern and western boundaries.
While settlement in the area dates back to Townsville's early days, when the main Charters Towers Road followed the line of today's Riverway Drive, closer residential development followed the March 1969 decision to name the area after William Condon, son of Irish dairy farmer Patrick Condon, who took up a 241-acre selection at the foot of Hervey's Range in 1884.
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Upper Ross.
Townsville Ring Road
Vickers Bridge
Garbutt–Upper Ross Road
Riverway Drive
Hervey Range Road
Gollogly Lane
Charters Towers Road
William Condon
Patrick Condon
Hervey's Range
