- Annandale, Queensland
Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Annandale
city = Townsville
state = qld
caption =
lga =City of Townsville
postcode = 4814
est =
pop = 9,298
area =
propval =
stategov = Mundingburra
fedgov = Herbert
near-nw = Aitkenvale
near-n = Mundingburra
near-ne = Oonoonba
near-w = Douglas
near-e = Idalia
near-sw =
near-s = Murray
near-se =
dist1 =
location1=Annandale is a suburb of
Townsville, Queensland ,Australia . It borders the southern side of Ross River. It is the biggest suburb of Townsville and thus the most populated in the city. It was the biggest planned Housing development in Townsville City, which started construction in the mid-1970's and was completed in early 2005, Annandale is one of Townsville's newest suburbs and is home to some of Townsville's wealthy, who live more toward the riverbank. Before the 2006 Queensland state election, Annandale was part of theElectoral district of Burdekin , but just prior to the 2006 state election, the suburb became part of theElectoral district of Mundingburra .In 2006 there were 1624 registered dogs in Annandale, seven out of every ten homes owned at least one dog, this is the highest density of dogs of Townsville suburbs. Townsville Bulletin Dogs little and large have their day in Annandale published 13 January 2007 p3]
Public Facilities in Annandale
Some of the Public Facilities in Annandale include:
*Education
**William Ross State High School
**Annandale State School
**Annandale Christian School
**Southern Cross Catholic Primary School
**Townsville Grammar Junior School
*Shopping
**Annandale Central
***Coles
***Crazy Clark's
***Donut King
***Aileen Marshall Hair & Beauty
**Annandale Village
*Parks
**Marabou Park
**Weir Park
**Macarthur Park
**The Palmetum, Townsville
**Windsor Park
*Sporting
**Murray Sporting Complex
***TDRL Rugby League Fields
***SeaFM Basketball Stadium
***Australian Rules Fields
***Soccer
***Hockey
***Velodrome
***Cricket
***Softball
*Military
**Lavarack Barracks
*Bridges
**Richard Bong bridgeReferences
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