Hyde Park is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

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 ...

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, Australia. In the Hyde Park had a population of 1,387 people.

Geography

Hyde Park is north of Mysterton, west of Hermit Park, east of

Pimlico Pimlico () is an area of Central London in the City of Westminster, built as a southern extension to neighbouring Belgravia. It is known for its garden squares and distinctive Regency architecture. Pimlico is demarcated to the north by London V ...

, and south of West End, and its postcode is 4812. North Townsville Road (Woolcock Street) runs along the northern boundary, and

Townsville Connection Road Townsville road network is a group of roads that provide access to the urban areas of Townsville in Queensland, Australia, and enable travel between the communities. Most of the roads retain their original road or street names, and are not well know ...

(Charters Towers Road) runs along the eastern boundary.

History

It is believed to be named after

Hyde Park Hyde Park may refer to: Places England * Hyde Park, London, a Royal Park in Central London * Hyde Park, Leeds, an inner-city area of north-west Leeds * Hyde Park, Sheffield, district of Sheffield * Hyde Park, in Hyde, Greater Manchester Austra ...

in London. Most of the street names come from

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

streets and suburbs - for example, named after

Oxford Street Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, with around half a million daily visitors, and as ...

Bayswater Road Bayswater Road is the main road running along the northern edge of Hyde Park in London. Originally part of the A40 road, it is now designated part of the A402 road. Route In the east, Bayswater Road originates at Marble Arch roadway at th ...

and

Park Lane Park Lane is a dual carriageway road in the City of Westminster in Central London. It is part of the London Inner Ring Road and runs from Hyde Park Corner in the south to Marble Arch in the north. It separates Hyde Park to the west from May ...

. As part of the development of Townsville, sugar plantations were established at Hyde Park in 1866. In 1918, Hyde Park was transferred from the Thuringowa Shire to the City of Townsville by a government decree.

Hermit Park State School Hyde Park is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the Hyde Park had a population of 1,387 people. Geography Hyde Park is north of Mysterton, west of Hermit Park, east of Pimlico, and south of West End, and its po ...

opened on 16 June 1924. Hermit Park Infants State School was separated from it on 1 February 1955, but closed on 17 December 1993 and became part of the State School again. St Margaret Mary’s Catholic Primary School was established in 1936 by the

Sisters of the Good Samaritan The Congregation of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, colloquially known as the "Good Sams", is a Roman Catholic congregation of religious women commenced by Bede Polding, OSB, Australia’s first Catholic bishop, in Sydney in 1857. The congreg ...

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had purchased the Woodlands estate from the Cummins family to use as a convent for the sisters, which was called Saint Philomena’s. The need for secondary education for girls in the area led to the sisters establishing St Margaret Mary’s College, which was officially opened by Bishop Hugh Ryan on 22 February 1963 with an initial enrolment of 50 girls. The primary school closed on 11 December 1987, but the secondary college continues to operate. In the Hyde Park had a population of 1,387 people.

Facilities

Hyde Park contains two shopping centres, Castletown Shoppingworld and the Hyde Park Centre located on Woolcock Street. Hyde Park is also home to the

Mater Women's and Children's Hospital Mater Women's and Children's Hospital in Hyde Park Townsville, Queensland was established in 2007 when the Sisters of Mercy (Mater Health Services North Queensland) bought the competing private obstetric hospital, the Wesley/Park Haven Hospita ...

, formerly known as the Wesley Park Haven Hospital and before that as the Park Haven Private Hospital (est. 1937). In January 1999 the hospital was acquired by The Wesley Hospital, Brisbane on behalf of the Uniting Church in Queensland. In 2007 it was acquired by the Townsville Sisters of Mercy, and is run under the

Mater Health Services North Queensland Mater Health Services North Queensland operates two private hospitals, one established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1945 named Mater Hospital Pimlico (Formally the Mater Misericordiae Hospital Townsville) and the second purchased in 2007 named the ...

umbrella organisation.

Education

Hermit Park State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls on the corner of Surrey and Sussex Streets (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 666 students with 45 teachers (42 full-time equivalent) and 28 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent).

St Margaret Mary's College St Margaret Mary's College is an all-girls Catholic school in the suburb of Hyde Park, Queensland, Hyde Park, Townsville, Queensland Australia and caters for years 7–12. History In 1936, the first Sisters of the Good Samaritan arrived in Towns ...

is a Catholic secondary (7-12) school for girls at 1-9 Crowle Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 711 students with 63 teachers (58 full-time equivalent) and 28 non-teaching staff (24 full-time equivalent).

References

External links

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