Rasmussen, Queensland

Rasmussen, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Rasmussen
city = Townsville
state = qld



caption =
lga = City of Townsville
postcode = 4815
est =
pop = 4,161
area =
propval =
stategov = Thuringowa
fedgov = Herbert
near-nw =
near-n = Condon
near-ne = Douglas
near-w = Gumlow
near-e =
near-sw =
near-s = Kelso
near-se =
dist1 =
location1=

Rasmussen is a suburb in the City of Townsville, (Formerly of Thuringowa city), It is the second suburb on Riverway Drive and is between the suburbs of Condon and Kelso; like all the suburbs in the Upper Ross and Riverway area it is named after early settlers.

Rasmussen is named after the Rasmussen family (Jorgen Rasmussen). The family had a dairy farm on the Ross River.

References

*"Thuringowa past and present", by Diane Vance


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