Timeline of Gold Coast, Queensland

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19th Century[]

  • Pre 1846
    • Yugambeh people inhabit the region now known as the Gold Coast.
  • 1846
    • The schooner Coolangatta is wrecked on the coast close to the later town.
  • 1865
    • The township of Nerang was surveyed by Martin Lavelle in June.
  • 1874
    • The town of Southport is founded.
  • 1883
    • The town of Coolangatta is founded.
  • 1889
    • The South Coast railway reaches Southport.

20th Century[]

  • 1919
    • The 1918 flu pandemic closes the QLD-NSW border.
  • 1922
    • Southport War Memorial built.
  • 1925
    • Opening of the Jubilee bridge, connecting Elston to Southport.
  • 1933
    • The town of Elston is officially renamed Surfers Paradise.
  • 1934
    • Broadbeach is surveyed.
  • 1949
    • Town of South Coast created through the amalgamation of Coolangatta and Southport.
    • 10 March: 1949 Queensland Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crash in Bilinga.
  • 1954
    • An unnamed cyclone hits, leading to at least 26 deaths and extensive flooding.[1]
  • 1958
    • Town of South Coast renamed to Town of Gold Coast.
  • 1959
    • Town of Gold Coast renamed City of Gold Coast.[2]
  • 1960
    • Kinkabool (building) constructed in Surfers Paradise.[3]
  • 1962
    • Lido Arcade in Surfers Paradise opens.[2]
    • Magic Mountain, Nobby Beach opens.
  • 1963
  • 1964
    • Southport-Brisbane South Coast railway line closes.[2]
  • 1966
    • The Sands (building) and Paradise Towers constructed in Surfers Paradise.[3]
    • Gold Coast Bridge rebuilt.[2]
  • 1967
    • Garfield Towers built in Surfers Paradise.[3]
    • Bruce Small elected mayor.[2]
  • 1971
  • 1973
    • Robert Neumann elected mayor.[2]
  • 1974
    • Currumbin Estuary Bridge opens.[2]
    • Surfers Paradise floods.
  • 1979
    • Gold Coast Marathon begins.
  • 1981
    • Dreamworld amusement park in business in Coomera.[2]
    • Population: 177,264.[5]
  • 1984
  • 1986
    • Gold Coast City Art Gallery opens.
  • 1987
    • Carrara Stadium opens.
    • Gold Coast College of Advanced Education established.
  • 1988
    • Bond University opens in Robina.[2]
  • 1989
    • Gold Coast College of Advanced Education is merged with Griffith University under the Dawkins Revolution of tertiary education.
  • 1990
  • 1991
    • Movie World amusement part in business in Oxenford.[2]
    • Magic Mountain, Nobby Beach shuts its doors.
    • Population: 301,559.[5]
  • 1995
    • Shire of Albert becomes part of Gold Coast City.[2]
    • Ray Stevens becomes mayor.
    • Yugambeh Museum, Language and Heritage Research Centre opens. [1]
  • 1996
    • Moroccan (building) constructed in Surfers Paradise.[3]
  • 1997
    • Gary Baildon becomes mayor.
  • 1999
    • Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame opens.[7]

21st Century[]

  • 2000
  • 2004
    • Ron Clarke becomes mayor.[2]
    • Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre opens in Broadbeach.[2]
  • 2005
    • Q1 (building) constructed.[2]
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
    • Gold Coast Football Club formed.
  • 2010
  • 2011
    • Australian Sevens rugby contest relocates to Gold Coast.
    • Population: 557,822 (urban agglomeration).[8]
  • 2012
    • Soul (building) constructed.
    • Tom Tate becomes mayor.[9]
  • 2013
    • City Plan drafted.[10]
    • Gold Coast University Hospital built by Griffith University.
  • 2014
    • The G:link light rail is built.
  • 2018
    • 4-15 April: 2018 Commonwealth Games hosted by the city.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Damien Larkins (18 February 2014). "The Great Gold Coast Cyclone - February 1954". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Gold Coast Bulletin 2009.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d City Council 1997.
  4. ^ "Gold Coast (Qld.) - Newspapers". Catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Hajdu 1993.
  6. ^ "About Us". Gold Coast Family History Society. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  7. ^ Ian McDougall, ed. (3 November 2013), "Golden day for elite sports people", Southport Star, Queensland – via State Library of Queensland "Ask a Librarian"
  8. ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2012. United Nations Statistics Division. 2013.
  9. ^ "Tom Tate new Gold Coast mayor". Brisbane Times. 28 April 2012.
  10. ^ "City Plan 2015". Council of the City of Gold Coast. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

Bibliography[]

  • P. Mullins (1984), P. Williams (ed.), "Hedonism and real estate - resort tourism and Gold Coast development", Urban Studies Yearbook, Sydney, 2
  • P. Mullins (1990), "Tourist Cities as New Cities: Australia's Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast", Australian Planner, 28
  • Joseph Hajdu (1993). "The Gold Coast, Australia: Spatial Model of Its Development and the Impact of the Cycle of Foreign Investment in Property during the Late 1980s". Erdkunde. 47. JSTOR 25646442.
  • Margo Daly; et al. (1997), "Southeast Queensland: Gold Coast", Australia (3rd ed.), Rough Guides, p. 330+, OL 24375556M
  • "Tall Buildings Brochure". Gold Coast Heritage: Publications. Gold Coast City Council. 1997.
  • "50 Years: a Timeline", Gold Coast Bulletin (Paradise ed.), Australia, 16 May 2009 – via LexisNexis Academic (subscription required)

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