BUCHANAN'S HOTEL, 
AMERICAN OFFICERS ACCOMMODATION
STURT STREET, TOWNSVILLE
DURING WW2

visits since 26 July 2002

Buchanan's Hotel in Townsville was built in 1903. Lyndon Johnson revisited the Townsville area on 23 October 1966 during his term as President of the United States and revisited Buchanan's Hotel in Sturt Street, where he had once stayed during World War 2.  The Hotel had been taken over by the American forces during the war. It was located about 2 doors away from the North Eastern Area Command Headquarters. Unfortunately the beautiful old hotel was destroyed in a fire in 1982.

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

"Australia @ War"

This page first produced 26 July 2002

This page last updated 27 June 2004