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Broadbeach
Broadbeach is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Broadbeach had a population of 6,786 people. Geography The Broadbeach stretch was originally coastal forest. This gradually became sandy plains because of sand mining in the early 20th century. Development in the area today mostly incorporates low rise structures, consisting of single bedroom houses and apartment blocks. Much of the suburb consists of canal waterways, including Lake Intrepid that are linked to the Nerang River. The suburb contains a major road intersection between Nerang - Broadbeach Road and the Gold Coast Highway. History For thousands of years prior to British colonisation the Broadbeach area was home to the Kombumerri clan of Aboriginal Australians. A large burial ground of these people, which was in use from around 1,300 years ago up til the 1800s, was located at nearby Mermaid Waters, Queensland, Mermaid Waters. In circa 1924, 70 al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadbeach Waters
Broadbeach Waters is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Broadbeach Waters had a population of 8,164 people. Geography The northern boundary of Broadbeach Waters follows the Nerang River. The suburb is almost completed residential with most properties adjacent to or very close to man-made canals. Pacific Fair Shopping Centre is located in the south east corner of the suburb. There are a number of neighbourhoods in the suburb: * Cypress Gardens () * Florida Gardens () * Miami Keys () * Moana () * Rialto () * Rio Vista () History The first canal estates on the Gold Coast were established in the 1950s in what is now Broadbeach Waters. These were Miami Keys and Rio Vista. Developers were influenced by Florida and commenced construction after visiting there. Demographics In the , Broadbeach Waters recorded a population of 7,779 people. The median age of the Broadbeach Waters population was 43 years, 5 years above the national median of 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately south-southeast of the centre of the list of Australian capital cities, state capital, Brisbane. It is Queensland's List of cities in Queensland by population, second-largest city after Brisbane, as well as Australia's List of cities in Australia by population, sixth-largest city and the most populous non-capital city. The city's Gold Coast central business district, central business district is located roughly in the centre of the Gold Coast in the suburb of Southport, Queensland, Southport. The urban area of the Gold Coast is concentrated along the coast, sprawling almost 60 kilometres, joining up with the Greater Brisbane metropolitan region to the north and to the state border with New South Wales to the south. Nicknames of the city include the ‘Glitter Strip’ and the ‘Goldy’. The demonym of a Gold Coast resident is Gold Coaster. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast Highway
Gold Coast Highway links the coastal suburbs of the Gold Coast in south eastern Queensland such as Miami, Mermaid Beach, Tugun, Bilinga and across the border of New South Wales to the Tweed Heads suburb of Tweed Heads West. At in length, the highway runs just west of Pacific Motorway at Pacific Pines to Pacific Motorway at Tweed Heads West. It passes through the numerous popular tourist areas including Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach, a commercial centre at Southport, residential areas, shopping centres and the Gold Coast (Coolangatta) Airport. It is characterised by a variety of urban landscapes, ranging from: * high-density high rises between Southport and Broadbeach * low rise apartments in Palm Beach and Bilinga * low-rise residential areas at Miami, Tugun and Labrador * shopping at Southport and Broadbeach * entertainment precincts at Broadbeach and Surfers Paradise * historic motels at Mermaid Beach * light industry at Arundel * native bushland at Coomba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mermaid Beach
Mermaid Beach is a coastal suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the , Mermaid Beach had a population of 7,329 people. Nobby Beach is a neighbourhood in the south of the suburb (). Geography The suburb is bounded to the west by the artificial canals of adjacent Mermaid Waters and to the east by the Pacific Ocean. To the north is the suburb of Broadbeach, to the south Miami. The Gold Coast Highway passes through Mermaid Beach. The Gold Coast Oceanway (a pedestrian path) travels along Hedges Avenue. History Mermaid Beach receives its name from the cutter HMS ''Mermaid''. Explorer John Oxley sailed aboard the ''Mermaid'' in 1823 when he discovered the nearby Tweed and Brisbane rivers. Mermaid Beach was used during World War II by US servicemen and was named Los Angeles Beach as well as Miami Beach to the south. Circa 1924, 70 allotments were advertised as "Mermaid Beach Estate" located at Mermaid Beach and Broadbeach to be auctioned by R. G. Oat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mermaid Beach, Queensland
Mermaid Beach is a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the , Mermaid Beach had a population of 7,329 people. Nobby Beach is a neighbourhood in the south of the suburb (). Geography The suburb is bounded to the west by the artificial canals of adjacent Mermaid Waters, Queensland, Mermaid Waters and to the east by the Pacific Ocean. To the north is the suburb of Broadbeach, Queensland, Broadbeach, to the south Miami, Queensland, Miami. The Gold Coast Highway passes through Mermaid Beach. The Gold Coast Oceanway (a pedestrian path) travels along Hedges Avenue. History Mermaid Beach receives its name from the cutter HMS Mermaid (1817), HMS ''Mermaid''. Explorer John Oxley sailed aboard the ''Mermaid'' in 1823 when he discovered the nearby Tweed River (New South Wales), Tweed and Brisbane River, Brisbane rivers. Mermaid Beach was used during World War II by US servicemen and was named Los Angeles Beach as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mermaid Waters
Mermaid Waters is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mermaid Waters had a population of 13,088 people. Geography Mermaid Waters is primarily a residential suburb, featuring many homes built along artificial canals and lakes, including the fresh water Lake Hugh Muntz. History The suburb derives its name from , a cutter ship that brought Australian surveyor John Oxley to the region in 1823. Oxley named the area where he landed " Mermaid Beach". The adjacent area to the west eventually became known as "Mermaid Waters". Miami State School and Merrimac State High School both opened on 30 January 1979. The Broadbeach Library (located in Mermaid Waters) opened in 2008. Demographics In the , Mermaid Waters had a population of 11,789 people. In the , Mermaid Waters had a population of 12,045 people. In the , Mermaid Waters had a population of 13,088 people. Shopping There are two small local shopping centres in Mermaid Waters, and a medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kombumerri Clan
The Kombumerri clan are one of nine distinct named clan estate groups of the Yugambeh people and the name refers to the Indigenous people of the Nerang area on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Australia Name The ethnonym ''kombumerri'' has been related to a Yugambeh word, ''gūmbo'', which refers to a type of shellfish called a mudflat or cobra with ''-merri'' meaning "man" and thus means "cobra people". Such ''cobra'' were a delicacy in the aboriginal diet. The autonym of the people of the Nerang area is not known. ''Kombumerri'' was first registered in 1914, when, assisted by a local schoolteacher, John Lane, ''Bullum'' (John Allen), composed a grammar and word list of the Yugambeh dialect. In this work, Allen, who belonged to the ''Wangerriburra'' tribe, mentioned that it was the name for the Nerang River people. Whether this is a Wangerriburra exonym or not is not known. In 1923 Archibald Meston stated that the Nerang tribe was called the "Talgiburri". Germaine Greer cites the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerang River
The Nerang River is a perennial river in South East Queensland, Australia. Its drainage basin, catchment lies within the City of Gold Coast, Gold Coast Local government in Queensland, local government area and covers an area of . The river is approximately in length. Course and features The Nerang River rises in the McPherson Range in the Numinbah Valley on the New South Wales and Queensland border and heads north, then east where it flows through and reaching its mouth (river), mouth in the Gold Coast Broadwater at on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast and emptying into the Coral Sea. The river descends over its watercourse, course. Major crossings of the river occur at Nerang where the river is crossed by the Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads), Pacific Motorway and at Southport where the river is crossed by the Gold Coast Highway. The Nerang River catchment is the largest and most significant river system on the Gold Coast. Its upper reaches in the McPherson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southport, Queensland
Southport is a coastal town and the most populous suburb in the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It contains the Gold Coast central business district. In the , Southport had a population of 36,786 people. Geography Southport is bounded to the south-east by the Nerang River (), where it flows into Gold Coast Broadwater, The Broadwater, the southernmost end of Moreton Bay, which then bounds the suburb to the north-east. King Reach is a reach () of the Nerang River. It was named in honour of Jeremy King (3 March 1935 – 13 October 2010) for his coaching, involvement and dedication to the sport of rowing within the Southport district. He was involved with rowing for over 50 years. It was gazetted on 28 November 2014. Ray Newlyn Channel is a channel () in The Broadwater. It is an east-to-west channel across The Broadwater to Main Beach, Queensland, Main Beach avoiding two large sandbanks. Raymond Paul (Ray) Newlyn was a Southport resident and a Commander in the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Surfers Paradise (colloquially known as Surfers) is a central suburb of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Surfers Paradise had a population of 26,412 people. Colloquially known as "Surfers", the suburb has many high-rise apartment buildings and a wide surf beach. The feature of the heart of the suburb is Cavill Avenue, Cavill Mall, which runs through the shopping and entertainment precinct. Cavill Avenue, named after Jim Cavill, an early hotel owner, is one of the busiest shopping strips in Queensland, and the centre of activity for night life. One of the features of the area is the Surfers Paradise Meter Maids designed to build goodwill with tourists. Surfers Paradise is the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast's main entertainment and tourism centre and the suburb's many high-rise buildings are the best known feature of the city's skyline. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Surfers Paradise was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
