Pimlico, Queensland

Pimlico
Townsville, Queensland
Pimlico
Coordinates 19°16′57″S 146°47′13″E / 19.2824°S 146.7869°E / -19.2824; 146.7869Coordinates: 19°16′57″S 146°47′13″E / 19.2824°S 146.7869°E / -19.2824; 146.7869
Postcode(s) 4812
Area 1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
LGA(s) City of Townsville
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s) Herbert
Suburbs around Pimlico:
Currajong West End Hyde Park
Gulliver Pimlico Mysterton
Mundingburra Mundingburra Mysterton

Pimlico is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Geography

The suburb is roughly rectangular and longer to the north-south than to the east-west. It is bounded to the north by Woolcock Street and to the east by Kings Road. The land is flat and below 10 metres above sea level. The predominant land use is lowset low-density housing.[2]

History

The suburb is believed to be name after either the London suburb of Pimlico or the London trotting track.[1]

Pimlico State High School opened on 27 January 1959.[3]

Facilities

Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Pimlico, view from the inner courtyard

Castletown Shopping Centre occupies the northern end of the suburb.

In the south of the suburb is Townsville's largest private hospital, the Mater Misericordiae Hospital is located in the south of suburb on Fulham Road.[4]

At the southern end of the suburb is the 20 hectare Anderson Park, an arboretum containing particularly fine specimens of pandanus.[5]

Despite its name, as at 2018, Pimlico State High School is on Fulham Road in neighbouring Gulliver, just outside Pimlico's western boundary.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pimlico - suburb in City of Townsville (entry 44627)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Queensland schools opening dates". Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
  5. ↑ Parks Services - Townsville City Council Archived 28 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  • "Pimlico". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.


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