Gaven ( ) is a

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in the

City of Gold Coast The City of Gold Coast is the Local government in Australia, local government area spanning the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, and surrounding areas. With a population of 606,774, it is the second most populous local ...

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, Australia. In the , Gaven had a population of 1,638 people.

Geography

The locality is immediately north of

Nerang Nerang is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Nerang had a population of 17,048 people. Geography The Nerang River flows through the locality from south to east, passing through the town ...

.Gaven
. Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland. Retrieved on 7 January 2013. The eastern boundary of the suburb is marked by the Pacific Motorway.

History

It was named after

Eric Gaven Eric John Gaven (; 16 March 1905 – 18 January 1974) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Gaven was born at Brisbane, Queensland, the son of William Henry Gaven and his wife Emily Mary (née Price). He was educated a ...

, a councillor on the

Nerang Shire Council The Shire of Nerang was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia. The shire existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949. History On 11 November 1879, the Nerang Division was created as one of 74 divisions withi ...

from 1935 to 1949 and chairman of the newly-established

Albert Shire Council The Shire of Albert was a local government area in Queensland, located south of the capital, Brisbane, and taking in areas to the north and west of the Gold Coast. It was named after the Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, and husband of Quee ...

in 1949-1950. He won the seat of

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at the

1950 Queensland state election Elections were held in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly. The Australian Labor Party (Queensla ...

for the Country Party. He held the seat for 10 years before it was abolished for the

1960 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1960 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election followed the enactment of the ''Electoral Districts Act 1958'', which increased the Assembly from ...

and Gaven then won the new seat of South Coast, which he held until 1966. Gaven State School opened on 27 January 1995 but is now within the boundaries of neighbouring Oxenford.

Demographics

In the , Gaven had a population of 1,583 people. In the , Gaven had a population of 1,558 people. In the , Gaven had a population of 1,638 people.

Education

There are no schools in Gaven. The nearest government primary schools are Pacific Pines State School in neighbouring Pacific Pines to the north-west, Arundel State School in neighbouring

Arundel Arundel ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England. The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much la ...

to the east, and the Nerang State School in neighbouring

to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Pacific Pines State High School in Pacific Pines and

Nerang State High School Nerang State High School (NSHS) is a public, co-educational, secondary school, located in the Gold Coast town of Nerang (Queensland, Australia). The school is administered by the Department of Education and is located in Division 5 of the Ci ...

in Nerang.

References

External links

* {{Localities in Gold Coast Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland Localities in Queensland