- Hyde Park, Queensland
Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Hyde Park
city = Townsville
state = qld
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lga =City of Townsville
postcode = 4812
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pop =
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stategov = Townsville
fedgov = Herbert
near-nw = West End
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near-ne = Townsville City
near-w = Currajong
near-e =
near-sw = Pimlico
near-s = Mysterton
near-se = Hermit Park
dist1 =
location1=Hyde Park is a suburb of
Townsville ,Australia . It is located north ofMysterton , west ofHermit Park , east ofGarbutt , and south of West End, and its postcode is 4812.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 ballot.Most of the street names (and the suburb's name itself) come from
London streets and suburbs - for example, Oxford Street, Bayswater Road and Park Lane. Hyde Park is one of the less well known Townsville suburbs, and so has escaped most of the renovation of the old houses that has taken place in Townsville in recent years.Hyde Park contains two shopping centres,
Castletown Shoppingworld and theHyde Park Centre located on Woolcock Street. It has two schools,Hermit Park State School (though it is actually located in Hyde Park) andSt. Margaret Mary's College , in Townsville.Hyde Park is also home to the
Wesley Park Haven Hospital , formerly known as the Park Haven Private Hospital, established in 1937. In January 1999 the hospital was acquired by The Wesley Hospital, Brisbane on behalf of the Uniting Church in Queensland. Located in Oxford Street, it now operates independently of The Wesley, Brisbane but as part ofUniting HealthCare . The hospital has 80 beds including 14 day-surgery beds.
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