Allingham
Township in the Hinchinbrook Shire, formerly known as Forrest Beach, after George Brownrigg Forrest, manager of the Victoria Mill (1896-1913). The name commemorates the Allingham family, European pastoral pioneers of the district. The township is set along a seven kilometre long sandy beach at the northern end of Halifax Bay, overlooking Orpheus Island, and the Palm Island Group.
Aloomba
Rural locality soutside Gordonvale that developed as a small town servicing the cane industry in the 1800s. The name is said to be a derivation of the Aboriginal (Yidinji) word Ngalumba indicating a tree, possibly cedar.
Alva Beach
Coastal locality on the spit of sand that extends north from the mouth of Plantation Creek, one of the five Burdekin River entrances, to Cape Bowling Green. The beach lies between Plantation Creek and Alva Creek. Located 15 km north-east of Ayr, Alva Beach is the seaside recreation area for the town, home of the Ayr Surf Life Saving Club (1926) with two rows of holiday houses stretching for about 500 m along the beach, a shady picnic area with barbecues and a playground. The locality is also known as Lynchs Beach.
Andergrove
Residential suburb north of central Mackay that was moved from Pioneer Shire into Mackay City in 1994 as a result of residential growth north of the Pioneer River.
Annandale
Residential suburb -Townsville on the south bank of the Ross River adjacent to James Cook University and the Lavarack Barracks. The name was applied to a residential estate in 1974, and seems to have stemmed from the late nineteenth century Annandale Paddocks. Housing is at the higher-priced end of the market.
Argylla
Former mining settlement west of Cloncurry, where Ernest Henry found copper in 1882.
Armidale
Pastoral lease taken up by y John Lambert in 1883, extending from Bluewater Creek in the south to Ollera Creek.
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