[1] Situated at the base of Mount Archer in the Berserker Range about seven kilometres to the north of the Fitzroy River, the district was named for French botanist Anthelme Thozet, first director of the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens in the 1860s.

Thozet established the second hotel in Rockhampton, the Alliance, but driven by a never failing professional interest in botany he commenced researching native Australian plants used by indigenous people of Northern Queensland, Australia including the Darumbal clans around Rockhampton.

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

[9] North Rockhampton State High School opened on 31 January 1956.

[7] The area was completely rural in character until the late 1960s, with small holdings and dairy farms predominating.

[citation needed] North Rockhampton Methodist Church opened in 1965.

[16][22] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 102 students with 23 teachers and 29 non-teaching staff (19 full-time equivalent).

[31] The memorial pool commemorates those who served in the Capricornia Regiment of the 42nd Battalion during World War II.