townsville North Queensland SCREEN LOCATIONS GUIDE
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CONTENTS MAYOR’S FOREWORD
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URBAN 51 Streetscapes
INTRODUCTION 5
Castle Hill
Why film in Townsville, North Queensland?
The Strand
Location map
Nightscapes
Climate / Flight times
Civic Theatre
Film Incentive Program
Industrial
Rockpool
Abandoned Rail yards
REEF & ISLANDS
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Port
Reef HQ Great Barrier Reef Islands
HERITAGE 63 Pubs
Beaches
NQ architecture
Lucinda Jetty
Cemeteries
Boating
Ravenswood Charters Towers Stock Exchange
RAINFOREST 29
Queens Hotel
World Heritage Wet Tropics
The Brewery
Crystal Creek
Yongala Lodge
Paluma Range Plantations Hidden Valley Cabins
WETLANDS 75 Town Common
Tin mines
Cromarty Wetlands
Wallaman Falls
Tyto wetlands Rivers
OUTBACK 39
Ross Dam
Table Top Station Mt Stuart Heritage Tea Rooms
DISCOVERY 83 Museum of Tropical Queensland
Hidden valley cattle yards
Billabong Sanctuary
Homestead
Kissing Point complex
Landscapes
Magnetic Island Forts
Mines
Anzac Park Jezzine Barracks
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Townsville NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
WELCOME TO TOWNSVILLE
Townsville is ideally situated for the film and television industry with diverse and accessible locations in an affordable and film friendly environment, all within Northern Australia’s largest city. Locations from the reef, to the rainforest, to the outback are all in easy access from the city centre where the usual city urban, shopping, dining, heritage buildings and suburban settings abound. Add to that character-filled regional towns with diverse architectural appeal, beach and island backdrops and tropical landscapes – North Queensland spoils you for choice. Directors have been choosing North Queensland as a film location for close to half a century. Films featuring North Queensland include: · The Age of Consent, 1969 with Helen Mirren and James Mason · The Irish Man, 1978 with Michael Craig · Dawn, 1979 · The Naked Country, 1985 · Nim’s Island, 2008 with Jodie Foster · Beneath Hill 60, 2010 · Breaker Morant: The Retrial, 2013 Townsville City is committed to the growth of the film and television industry. The release in 2015 of the Townsville North Queensland report on Film Industry and the release of the Townsville North Queensland report on Film Industry Opportunities in 2015 has already resulted in a number of new programs being driven in our city and across the region. Our partnership with Screen Queensland through the Film Friendly Pathways program and the release of the Townsville North Queensland Screen Locations Guide is another step in supporting opportunities for local, national and international film and television industry growth. This publication provides a significant opportunity for the economic and cultural advancement of Townsville North Queensland. I look forward to seeing our region showcased in many film and television productions in the future. Councillor Jenny Hill Mayor of Townsville 3
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INTRODUCTION
TOWNSVILLE NORTH QUEENSLAND
INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION Recognised as the second capital of the state of Queensland and the largest city in Northern Australia, Townsville entails a stunning mix of both natural and built environments within close proximity to the city. Townsville’s established and emerging film and television industry represents a significant opportunity - the growth of the film industry world-wide raises the potential to collaborate on development, production, script writing, filming, financing and other forms of collaboration on national and international screen productions.
WHY FILM IN TOWNSVILLE, NORTH QUEENSLAND? LOCATION AND LIFESTYLE DIVERSE LOCATIONS WITHIN EASY ACCESS 300 DAYS OF SUNSHINE EVERY YEAR INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS WITH BROAD KNOWLEDGE AND DEEP SKILLS
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LOWER FILM PRODUCTION COSTS FILM FRIENDLY LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS
INSPIRING LOCATIONS
Townsville offers incredibly diverse and accessible locations in an affordable and film-friendly centre. Within an hour’s drive from the city centre is the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef, tropical rainforests, mountain ranges, wetlands, red outback, agricultural lands, colonial/heritage buildings, and modern day streetscapes. Additional landscapes such as moon scapes, prehistoric jungle, swamp lands, and rock quarries are located within a 2 - 3 hour drive. Our locations can double for cities as diverse as Los Angeles, Rio De Janeiro or Honolulu.
SCREEN CREDITS Accessible locations combined with the use of affordable local studios and experienced crew has attracted past large-scale productions to the region. Townsville, North Queensland has played a starring role in many movies and television shows including Nim’s Island, Beneath Hill 60 and Departure Lounge. Sir David Attenborough’s impressive three-part documentary series on the Great Barrier Reef was filmed on location in 2015.
AUSTRALIAN TALENT Our region is home to dedicated and skilled talent both in front of the camera and behind it. We have capable and experienced creators, performers and extras, as well as a workforce and crew encompassing all areas of film production from script writing through to post-production, choreographers, costume designers, gaffers and wranglers, sound recording engineers, set decorators, producers and many more.
WORLD-CLASS EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES As a major regional centre, Townsville is wellequipped with 3D equipment, drones, generators, lighting and sound equipment, cranes and even portable toilets. We can build your sets, design and deliver costumes and provide hair and makeup services. We offer a full suite of post-production services including visual effects, editing, postproduction sound and facilities.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FACILITIES Townsville, North Queensland is home to worldclass education and training facilities. • James Cook University features courses in the Creative Industries and New Media Arts. There are onsite studios and production facilities that can be used by external parties. • Central Queensland University delivers creative, performing and visual arts programs. • Townsville Creative Technologies College focuses on training for the productive use of digital technologies specific to the animation, game programming, media design, audio and vision capture and editing sectors. Griffith Film School, Brisbane is Queensland’s industry-specific education facility producing future filmmakers, animators and game designers.
SUPPORT SERVICES We have all the support services a production crew needs from car rentals to aircraft charters, couriers and catering, domestic services, computer services, graphic designers and a place to base your production from including venues, studios and office rentals.
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LOCATION MAP
HINCHINBROOK ISLAND
Lucinda Jetty
T EA GR
TYTO
INGHAM
R IE RR BA
ORPHEUS ISLAND
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WALLAMAN FALLS
PALM ISLAND
Tin mines Hidden Valley
Crystal Creek PALUMA RANGE
BALGAL BEACH TOOMULLA BEACH TOOLAKEA BEACH SAUNDERS BEACH
MAGNETIC ISLAND
Magnetic Island Forts
PALLARENDA
HERVEYS RANGE
Town common Castle Hill The Brewery | Museum of Tropical NQ | Reef HQ Abandoned railyards Heritage Tea Rooms Civic Theatre
Jezzine Barracks | Kissing Point complex The Strand | Rock Pool | Yongala Lodge Anzac Park | Queens Hotel Port
Ross Dam MT STUART
Billabong Sanctuary
Cromarty Wetlands
AYR
Warrior mine
CHARTERS TOWERS Citigold mine
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Charters towers Stock exchange
RAVENSWOOD
CLIMATE TOWNSVILLE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES 31.4 Max. ( C)
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JAN
FEB
22.9
20.6
MAR
APR
27.6 17.6
MAY
25.6
25.1
26.0
29.4
27.8
20.7
17.4
14.6
13.7
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JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
30.7 22.9
NOV
31.5 24.1
DEC
TOWNSVILLE AVERAGE DAYS OF RAIN 11.8
12.8
9.6
Days of Rain
5.4
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
7.3 3.7
MAY
2.9
2.4
JUN
1.9
1.5
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JUL
AUG
SEP
300 DAYS
OCT
4.9
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OF SUNSHINE
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FLIGHT TIMES FROM TOWNSVILLE TO: Cairns
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Mackay 1hr Brisbane
1hr 55min
Sydney
2hrs 30min
Darwin
2hrs 45min
Melbourne
3hrs
Adelaide
5hrs 10min
Perth
8hrs 15min
Darwin Cairns
TOWNSVILLE Mt Isa
Mackay
Brisbane
Perth Adelaide
Sydney
Melbourne
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FILM INCENTIVE PROGRAM AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES www.arts.gov.au/film-tv/australian-screenproduction-incentive Location Offset - a 16.5 per cent rebate which supports the production of largebudget (>AUD$15m) film and television projects shot in Australia (Ministry for the Arts). PDV Offset - a 30 per cent rebate which supports work on post, digital and visual effects production (PDV) in Australia, regardless of where a project is shot (Ministry for the Arts). Minimum spend AUD$500,000. Producer offset - The Producer Offset is a rebate on the production expenditure incurred in Australia when making Australian film and TV. Not all expenditure qualifies, but the offset can be worth up to 20% of Australian spend in the case of television and documentary, and up to 40% in the case of film. Official Australia-China co-productions can access the producer offset when certain criteria are met. Producer offset loans - These allow the export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), the Australian Government's export credit agency, to help finance eligible Australian film, documentary and television productions that have international distribution agreements. Enterprise Industry program - Encouraging ambitious and innovative development projects and/or business initiatives, including the development of new models for financing, producing and distributing Australian screen content. Enterprise Industry will offer approximately $2 million in 2015/16 to deliver diverse initiatives costing between $100,000 and $400,000 over one to two years.
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES www.screenqueensland.com.au/production Production Investment Screen Queensland funds screen stories from Queensland or interstate practitioners with significant Queensland elements and benefit. Funding may be used for production and post-
production of factual and fiction screen projects and is in the form of either a grant or recoupable investment. The Revolving Film Financing Fund provides secured loans to cash-flow the Producer Offset, distribution guarantees and presales with a 7 per cent loan fee charged on RFFF loans making it an extremely competitive option. Development and Production Investment Grant - available where a Queensland producer or writer is attached. Support is also available for co-productions capturing the benefits of working with Queensland producers including the advantage of both state and federal incentives (including Screen Australia’s 40% federal offset.) Production Incentives A production attraction program has been established to provide significant economic, industry up-skilling and cultural benefits to Queensland. National and International Producers are eligible with AU$3.5 million minimum Queensland Production Expenditure. Production Attraction Incentive - a grant provided to producers based on the anticipated spend for projects with a minimum spend of AUD$3.5m Queensland Production Expenditure (QPE), the engagement of bona fide Queensland practitioners, and/or the creation of infrastructure in Queensland Location and Scouting Assistance - provided for projects considering Queensland locations prior to commencement of preproduction or during financing. The extent of support is based on the anticipated QPE. State Payroll Tax Rebate - available for those productions that have paid the 4.75% Queensland Payroll Tax and with a spend greater than AUD$3.5 million QPE. Note, Payroll Tax is only paid on spend >AUD$1.1m. Regional Statewide Incentive Grants - a negotiable grant up to AUD$100,000 based on regional spend and employment opportunities. Post, Digital and Visual Effects Attraction Grant - a negotiable grant capped at AUD$250,000 for a minimum spend of AUD$500,000 in Queensland on postproduction elements.
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REEF & ISLANDS
TOWNSVILLE NORTH QUEENSLAND
REEF & ISLANDS
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REEF & ISLANDS
REEF HQ
Latitude - 19° 15’ 27.01”S Longitude - 146° 49’ 23.20”E
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WORLD HERITAGE GREAT BARRIER REEF
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ISLANDS • MAGNETIC
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Latitude - 19° 9’ 24.88”S Longitude - 146° 51’ 7.01”E
ISLANDS • ORPHEUS
Latitude - 18° 36’ 59.92”S Longitude - 146° 29’ 49.82”E
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ISLANDS • PALM
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Latitude - 18° 44’ 0.97”S Longitude - 146° 34’ 44.70”E
ISLANDS • HINCHINBROOK
Latitude - 18.36 Longitude - 146.23
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BEACHES • BALGAL
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Latitude - 19° 0’ 3.56”S Longitude - 146° 23’ 51”E
BEACHES • SAUNDERS
Latitude - 19° 9’ 18.08”S Longitude - 146° 36’ 21.91”E
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BEACHES • TOOLAKEA
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Latitude - 19° 8’ 40.97”S Longitude - 146° 34’ 53.79”E
BEACHES • TOOMULLA
Latitude - 19° 4’ 30.41”S Longitude - 146° 28’ 6.31”E
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LUCINDA JETTY
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Latitude - 18.52 ”S Longitude - 146.33 ”E
BOATING
Latitude - 19° 15’ 14.06”S Longitude - 146° 49’ 22.89”E
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TOWNSVILLE NORTH QUEENSLAND RAINFOREST
RAINFOREST
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RAINFOREST
WORLD HERITAGE WET TROPICS
Latitude - 19° 0’ 32.62”S Longitude - 146° 12’ 33.57”E
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CRYSTAL CREEK
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Latitude - 19° 0’ 1.53”S Longitude - 146° 15’ 36.86”E
PALUMA RANGE
Latitude - 19° 0’ 23.56”S Longitude - 146° 12’ 47.31”E
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PLANTATIONS
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HIDDEN VALLEY CABINS
Latitude - 38.43 ”S Longitude - 143.88 ”E
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TIN MINES
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Latitude - 19° 0’ 18.93”S Longitude - 146° 15’ 146.15”E
WALLAMAN FALLS
Latitude - 18° 35’ 33.35”S Longitude - 145° 48’ 5.36”E
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TOWNSVILLE NORTH QUEENSLAND
OUTBACK
OUTBACK
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OUTBACK
TABLE TOP STATION
Latitude - 19° 22’ 56.91”S Longitude - 146° 28’ 18.93”E
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MT STUART
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Latitude - 19° 17’ 12.59”S Longitude - 146° 47’ 45.49”E
HERITAGE TEA ROOMS
Latitude - 19° 21’ 15”S Longitude - 146° 27’ 15”E
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HIDDEN VALLEY CATTLE YARDS
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Latitude - 19° 0’ 18.95”S Longitude - 146° 12’ 146.07”E
HOMESTEAD
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LANDSCAPES
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MINES • CITIGOLD
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Latitude - 20° 04’ 42.9”S Longitude - 146° 16’ 18.9”E
MINES • WARRIOR
Latitude - 20° 06’ 51.8”S Longitude - 146° 17’ 5.06”E
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TOWNSVILLE NORTH QUEENSLAND
URBAN
URBAN
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STREETSCAPES
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CASTLE HILL
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Latitude - 19° 15’ 30.72”S Longitude - 146° 48’ 12.07”E
THE STRAND
Latitude - 19° 14’ 50.49”S Longitude - 146° 48’46.02”E
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ROCKPOOL
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Latitude - 19° 14’ 23.92”S Longitude - 146° 48’ 26.56”E
NIGHTSCAPES
Latitude - 19° 15’ 27.26”S Longitude - 146° 49’ 18.28”E
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CIVIC THEATRE
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Latitude - 19° 16’ 17.69”S Longitude - 146° 48’ 33.27”E
INDUSTRIAL
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ABANDONED RAIL YARDS
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Latitude - 19° 16’ 3.07”S Longitude - 146° 48’ 34.59”E
PORT
Latitude - 19° 15’ 31.78”S Longitude - 146° 50’ 30.08”E
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HERITAGE
HERITAGE
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HERITAGE
PUBS
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NQ ARCHITECTURE
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Latitude - 19° 15’ 27.19”S Longitude - 146° 49’ 12.03”E
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CEMETERIES
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Latitude - 19° 16’ 1.64”S Longitude - 146° 48’ 2.78”E
RAVENSWOOD
Latitude - 20° 5’ 45.70”S Longitude - 146° 53’ 33.41”E
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CHARTERS TOWERS STOCK EXCHANGE
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QUEENS HOTEL
Latitude - 19° 15’ 20.59”S Longitude - 146° 49’ 22.18”E
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THE BREWERY
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Latitude - 19° 15’ 29.74”S Longitude - 146° 49’ 5.23”E
YONGALA LODGE
Latitude - 19° 15’ 12.86”S Longitude - 146° 49’ 3.78”E
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WETLANDS
WETLANDS
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WETLANDS
TOWN COMMON
Latitude - 19° 14’ 3.77”S Longitude - 146° 46’ 18.90”E
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CROMARTY WETLANDS
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Latitude - 19° 27’ 44.07”S Longitude - 147° 3’ 38.47”E
TYTO WETLANDS
Latitude - 18.65 ”S Longitude - 146.15 ”E
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RIVERS
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ROSS DAM
Latitude - 19° 24’ 35.28”S Longitude - 146° 44’ 13.82”E
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DISCOVERY
DISCOVERY
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DISCOVERY
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MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND
Latitude - 19° 15’ 25.85”S Longitude - 146° 49’ 22.12”E
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BILLABONG SANCTUARY
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Latitude - 19° 22’ 33.13”S Longitude - 146° 54’ 21.02”E
KISSING POINT COMPLEX
Latitude - 19° 14’ 26.67”S Longitude - 146° 48’ 8.14”E
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MAGNETIC ISLAND FORTS
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Latitude - 19° 7’ 23”S Longitude - 146° 52’ 13.66”E
ANZAC PARK
Latitude - 19° 15’ 19.99”S Longitude - 146° 49’ 22”E
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JEZZINE BARRACKS
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Latitude - 19° 14’ 26.67”S Longitude - 146° 48’ 8.14”E
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