Frenchville is a suburb of Rockhampton in
Queensland, Australia. Situated at the base of the
Berserker Range about seven kilometres to
the north of the Fitzroy River, the district was
named for Anthelme Thozet, first director of the
Rockhampton Botanic Gardens in the 1860s.
Frenchman's Creek which runs through the area
was also named for Thozet. At the 2006 census,
Frenchville had a population of 8,927.

The area of Frenchville was completely rural in
character until the late 1960s, with small holdings
and dairy farms predominating. A State primary
school was established in 1900. In the late 1960s
suburban development rapidly took place and the
small school rapidly grew to an enrolment of well
over 1,000 in the late 1970s.