page_title: Aitkenvale, Queensland
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Aitkenvale, Queensland / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Thomas Aitken of Townsville, 1867
context_page_description: Aitkenvale is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
context_section_description: Aitkenvale is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country.
  The suburb is named after Thomas Aitken, the original grantee of Portion 38, Parish of Coonambelah. He began subdividing the property during the 1880s, putting 440 quarter-acre residential allotments on the market in 1885. A dairy farm was established in the region by Thomas Aitken in about 1867, the two remaining buildings of this farm (described as the Herdsman's Cottage and Cordial Factory) are still standing on what is now Leopold Street adjacent to Ross River.
  The Aitkenvale public library opened in 1971.
caption: Thomas Aitken of Townsville, 1867
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