Aitkenvale, Queensland

Aitkenvale is a suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.^[1]

History

Estate Map of Aitkenvale Estate, Townsville, Queensland, 1883

Thomas Aitken of Townsville, 1867

The suburb is named after Thomas Aitken, the original grantee of Portion 38, Parish of Coonambelah. He began subdividing the property during the 1880s, putting 440 quarter-acre residential allotments on the market in 1885. A dairy farm was established in the region by Thomas Aitken in about 1867.^[1]

Present day

Aitkenvale is now a major commercial and residential district of the city. The suburb is home to two of Townsville's biggest shopping centres and is home to branches of numerous companies. Aitkenvale is the biggest commercial centre in Townsville outside of the Townsville CBD, and is often referred to as the second CBD. Besides offices and shopping centres, the suburb is mainly residential and has some light industrial warehouses and workshops in the top north-eastern corner of the suburb. There is also picturesque parkland along the bank of the Ross River.

Public Facilities in Aitkenvale

• Education
  • Aitkenvale State School
  • Aitkenvale Special School
  • Riverside Adventist Christian School
• Public Facilities
  • Parks
    • Aitkenvale Park
    • Rossiter Park
    • Henrietta Park
  • Public Libraries
    • CityLibraries Aitkenvale
  • Sporting Grounds
    • Illich Park (Centrals Rugby League)
• Shopping
  • Stockland Townsville
    • Myer
    • Big W
    • Kmart
    • Coles
    • Woolworths
    • 205 Specialties Stores

Suburbs of Townsville, North Queensland, Queensland
Urban	Aitkenvale Annandale Belgian Gardens Bohle Bohle Plains Castle Hill Cluden Condon Cranbrook Currajong Douglas Garbutt Gulliver Heatley Hermit Park Hyde Park Idalia James Cook University Kelso Kirwan Lavarack Army Barracks Mount Louisa Mount St John Mount Stuart Mundingburra Murray Mysterton North Ward Oonoonba Pallarenda Pimlico Railway Estate Rasmussen Rosslea Rowes Bay Shaw South Townsville Thuringowa Central Town Common Townsville City Townsville West Vincent West End Wulguru
Rural	Alice River Alligator Creek Balgal Beach Barringha Blue Hills Bluewater Park Brookhill Calcium Cape Cleveland Clemant Crimea Crystal Creek Cungulla Granite Vale Gumlow Hervey Range Hidden Valley Julago Lynam Majors Creek Mount Elliot Mutarnee Nome Oak Valley Orpheus Island Palm Island Paluma Partington Pinnacles Rangewood Reid River Rollingstone Roseneath Rupertswood Stuart Toomulla Toonpan Woodstock
Northern Beaches	Beach Holm Black River Bluewater Burdell Bushland Beach Deeragun Jensen Mount Low Purono Park Saunders Beach Toolakea Yabulu
Magnetic Island	Arcadia Cockle Bay Florence Bay Horseshoe Bay Magnetic Island Nelly Bay Picnic Bay

References

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Aitkenvale

Coordinates: 19°17′S 146°48′E / 19.283°S 146.800°E / -19.283; 146.800