Families of Townsville
Condon Family Standing so proudly, is the William Condon Bridge spanning the flowing banks of the Bohle River, named after this first settler’s family son. Like the pioneering family it is named after, who withstood many hardships to shape this land, this bridge structure is committed to the city’s future, a course first set by the Condon family. The suburb of Condon was named after William Condon and family, son of the original settlers on this land. His father Patrick and his mother Dora, pregnant at the time with their sixth child, arrived by ship, the Rajasthan in 1862, from County Cork in Ireland.
Image (Above) Patrick Condon Image (Opposite, Left) Patrick Condon Image (Opposite, Right) Patrick Condon with wife Dora
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Together in 1884, Patrick and Dora took up 241 acres of land in the Thuringowa Land Division at the foot of Hervey Range. They paid an annual rental of 12.2 pounds on the land. It wasn’t just about farming the land, there was a requirement to undertake improvements, fence