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===JCU Townsville, Bebegu Yumba Campus, Douglas=== JCU's Townsville, Bebegu Yumba campus is the university's largest campus and is located on 386 hectares in the suburb of [[Douglas, Queensland|Douglas]], near the army base and the lee of Mount Stuart. Originally located in the suburb of Pimlico, the university moved to its current site in 1967. Over 10,000 students study at the JCU Townsville, Bebegu Yumba campus, including over 1,300 international students. Adjacent to the university is the [[Townsville Hospital]]. The Discovery Rise<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoveryrise.com.au/|title=Discovery Rise|access-date=15 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227171403/http://www.discoveryrise.com.au/|archive-date=27 February 2015}}</ref> project was announced in September 2007.<ref name="Discovery Rise1">{{cite web|url=http://www.jcu.edu.au/top/JCUPRD_014752.html|title=Discovery Rise Media Release|access-date=18 October 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070902183717/http://www.jcu.edu.au/top/JCUPRD_014752.html |archive-date = 2 September 2007}}</ref> The $1 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]] project, aimed at redeveloping the university's Townsville campus, was completed in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/30/2019417.htm |title=ABC News: James Cook Uni plans Townsville campus facelift |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=30 August 2007 |access-date=26 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219171305/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/30/2019417.htm |archive-date=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref name="Discovery Rise2">{{cite web|url=http://www.discoveryrise.com.au/JCUDEV_014803.html |title=Discovery Rise Timeline |access-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908085321/http://www.discoveryrise.com.au/JCUDEV_014803.html |archive-date=8 September 2007 }}</ref> The Eddie Koiki Mabo Library (built in 1968 and extended in 1990) has received the 25 Year Architecture Award presented by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects β Queensland Chapter.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-20|title=Mabo Library History, Architecture and Awards|url=https://www.jcu.edu.au/library/about/locations/Mabo-Library-History|access-date=2021-05-08|website=James Cook University|language=en-AU|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117100839/https://www.jcu.edu.au/library/about/locations/Mabo-Library-History|url-status=live}}</ref> It also has been recognised as one of Australia's ten most iconic buildings alongside structures as the [[Sydney Opera House]] and the [[Shrine of Remembrance]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Sophie|last=Hill|date=2018-01-12|title=Australia's top 10 iconic architectural sites|url=https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/australia-s-top-10-iconic-architectural-sites|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110092547/https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/australia-s-top-10-iconic-architectural-sites|archive-date=10 November 2020|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Pursuit|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-11|title=Mabo Library History, Architecture and Awards|url=https://www.jcu.edu.au/library/about/locations/Mabo-Library-History|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117100839/https://www.jcu.edu.au/library/about/locations/Mabo-Library-History|archive-date=17 November 2020|access-date=2020-11-10|website=James Cook University|language=en-AU}}</ref> In 2015, the JCU Townsville City campus was opened in Townsville's CBD on Flinders Street. The campus delivers a diverse range of progressive facilities and services for the university, business and community organisations. Construction of the Technology Innovation Complex (TIC) began in March 2021. The 94m, 9,400sqm facility "will be the centrepiece of an innovation hub in which undergraduate and post-graduate engineering and IT students, industry partners and researchers will converge and collaborate".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-23|title=BESIX Watpac to build JCU's Technology Innovation Complex|url=https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2021/february/besix-watpac-to-build-jcus-technology-innovation-complex|access-date=2021-05-08|website=James Cook University|language=en-AU|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508024524/https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2021/february/besix-watpac-to-build-jcus-technology-innovation-complex|url-status=live}}</ref> TropiQ, Townsville's Tropical Intelligence and Health Precinct, is "a community dedicated to helping the world access, understand and benefit from breakthroughs and solutions in health and tropical science".<ref>{{Cite web|title=About TropiQ|url=https://tropiq.com.au/about-tropiq/|access-date=2021-05-08|website=TropiQ|language=en-US|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510143138/https://tropiq.com.au/about-tropiq/|url-status=live}}</ref> Located on the Bebegu Yumba campus at JCU Townsville, it was developed in partnership between JCU, Townsville Hospital and Health Service and Townsville City Council.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-05|title=Investment set to flow into health and knowledge precinct|url=https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2019/december/investment-set-to-flow-into-health-and-knowledge-precinct|access-date=2021-05-08|website=James Cook University|language=en-AU|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510143137/https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2019/december/investment-set-to-flow-into-health-and-knowledge-precinct|url-status=live}}</ref>
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