NameAitkenvaleDescriptionTownsville Suburb: The suburb was 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. The Aboriginal names for the area are Boor-bang-ga and Boor-ga. (C.A. Price, 1885).