Pimlico 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 ...

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in the

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, Australia. In the Pimlico had a population of 2,460 people.

Geography

The suburb is roughly rectangular and longer to the north-south than to the east-west. It is bounded to the north by North Townsville Road (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.

History

Pimlico is situated in the traditional

Wulgurukaba The Manbarra, otherwise known as the Wulgurukaba, are Aboriginal Australian people, and the traditional custodians of the Palm Islands, Magnetic Island, and an area of mainland Queensland to the west of Townsville. The Manbarra people were forci ...

Aboriginal country. The suburb is believed to be named after either the London suburb 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 ...

or the London trotting track.

Pimlico State High School Pimlico State High School is an independent public high school in Townsville, Australia. Basic information Established in 1959, Pimlico State High School is now one of the largest public high schools in North Queensland. Following the transitio ...

opened on 27 January 1959. In the Pimlico had a population of 2,460 people.

Education

There are no schools in Pimlico. The nearest primary schools are

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 ...

in neighbouring

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to the east, Mundingburra State School in neighbouring Mundingburra to the south, and Currajong State School in neighbouring

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to the west. The nearest secondary schools are

in neighbouring Gulliver to the west and

Townsville State High School Townsville State High School, also known as Town High, is a secondary school in Railway Estate, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. History Townsville State High School was established in 1924 as part of the Townsville Technical College at ...

Railway Estate Railway Estate is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the Railway Estate had a population of 2,852 people. Geography Railway Estate is located on the south end of Ross Island, bounded by Ross Creek ...

to the north-east.

Facilities

Castletown Shopping Centre occupies the northern end of the suburb. In the south of the suburb is Townsville's largest

private hospital A private hospital is a hospital not owned by the government, including for-profits and non-profits. Funding is by patients themselves ("self-pay"), by insurers, or by foreign embassies. Private hospitals are commonly part, albeit in varying degr ...

, the Mater Misericordiae Hospital is located in the south of suburb on Fulham Road. At the southern end of the suburb is the Anderson Park, an

arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

containing particularly fine specimens of

pandanus ''Pandanus'' is a genus of monocots with some 750 accepted species. They are palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. The greatest number of species are found in Madagascar and Malaysia. Common names ...

.Parks Services – Townsville City Council
Despite its name, as at 2018, Pimlico State High School is on Fulham Road in neighbouring

, just outside Pimlico's western boundary.

Community groups

The Townsville branch of the

Queensland Country Women's Association The Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) is the Queensland chapter of the Country Women's Association in Australia. The association seeks to serve the interests of women and children in rural areas in Australia through a network of loca ...

meets at the CWA Hall at 36 Latchford Street, Pimlico. The Rosslea branch of the

also meet there.

References

External links

* {{Suburbs of Townsville Suburbs of Townsville