Belgian Gardens

Belgian Gardens is an inner coastal suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Belgian Gardens is an inner coastal suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Belgian Gardens had a population of 2,069 people.

Before the advent of World War I, the suburb was named German Gardens after a vineyard owned in 1867 by German settler, Heinrich Fredrich Alfred Robinson. However, during the course of the war due to anti-German sentiment, the suburb was renamed to Belgian Gardens.Townsville North State School was opened on 4 July 1887. On 20 June 1930, the school was renamed Belgian Gardens State School. During the influenza epidemic in 1919, schools were closed and Belgian Gardens school was converted into an isolation hospital with the army erecting tents in the grounds; 195 patients were hospitalised at the school with 6 deaths. In 1954, 246 students were enrolled.Cleveland Schoolopened on 15 July 1994 as a school within the Cleveland Youth Detention Centre. On 9 February 2006 it was renamed Cleveland Education and Training Centre.In the 2011 census, Belgian Gardens had a population of 1,935 people.In the 2016 census Belgian Gardens had a population of 2,069 people.