[2] It is situated about six kilometres north east of the central business district.

[3] The suburb was named after the Berserker Range, which, in turn, was named by Rockhampton pioneer pastoralist Charles Archer after the Norse warrior "Baresark", who fought without armour in the Norwegian sagas.

Initially the school operated from St Mary's Church then on Lakes Creek Road.

[4][5] Berserker State School opened in 1917 using a new design in which the two wings made an acute angle with the line of the front of the main building.

[7] On 18 February 1957, a separate Berserker Street Infants State School was opened but it was closed on 1 July 1994.

Despite the name, it is located at 105 Clifton Street in Berserker (23°21′24″S 150°31′46″E / 23.3568°S 150.5295°E / -23.3568; 150.5295 (Frenchville Sports Club)).

[9] In 1956, North Rockhampton State High School was opened in Berseker.

[27] Situated at 237 Berserker Street, it was officially opened on 9 December 1981 by Queensland's minister for health Brian Austin.