Alice River is an outer
suburb in the
City of Townsville
The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland, Australia. It encompasses the city of Townsville, together with the surrounding rural areas, to the south are the communities of Alligator Creek, Woodstock an ...
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Queensland
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, Australia.
In the Alice River had a population of 2,425 people.
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It is also known as Rupertswood.
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History
The estate is also known as Rupertswood, because the estate was named by the developer who was Sir Rupert Clarke, 3rd Baronet of Rupertswood, after his ancestral home "Rupertswood
Rupertswood is a mansion and country estate located in Sunbury, 50km north-northwest of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is well known as the birthplace of The Ashes urn which was humorously presented to English cricket captain Ivo Bligh ...
" at Sunbury, Victoria
Sunbury () is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Sunbury recorded a population of 38,851 at the .
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, Australia. However, Alice River was named by one of the Bell & Reid party in 1865 for a lady of his acquaintance. The suburb along with its neighbour Rangewood, Queensland
Rangewood is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Rangewood had a population of 1,084 people.
Geography
The Hervey Range Developmental Road runs along the southern boundary.
The locality is predomi ...
are up and coming suburbs with numerous housing developments expected in future due to the ample availability of flat develop-able land and close proximity to the Townsville Orbital road and James Cook University. Existing suburbs to the east are almost entirely built out with only some subdivision of smaller parcels and in-fill development possible.
In the Alice River had a population of 2,425 people.
Geography
The Hervey Range Developmental Road runs along the northern boundary.
Facilities
There is a shop, an Australia Post mail box, a public phone box, and service station located on Hervey Range Road which is the main road passing the village.
Also, there are tennis courts, a cricket ground, community hall, Scout hall, pony club, playground area, half basketball court and barbecue area which is floodlit at night along with public toilets and Rupertswood Rural Fire Brigade Station. All of these facilities are located in the large central park area which the acreage housing surrounds.
There are wide grassed access ways radiating out from the large park in the centre of the village designed for use by horses as the area was designed for horse enthusiasts and the house blocks are generally over in area to allow for stables.
The Rupertswood Village consists of around 600 homes. The actual suburb of Alice River is much larger than the Rupertswood village but mainly consists of rural cattle properties.
See also
* Alice River (disambiguation)
References
External links
former Thuringowa City Council
New Townsville city website
History of the area
More history of Thuringowa, including searchable historical image collection - from Thuringowa Library Heritage Services
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Suburbs of Townsville