Timeline of Gold Coast, Queensland
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
- This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
20th century
- 1949
- Town of South Coast created through the amalgamation of Coolangatta and Southport.
- 10 March: 1949 Queensland Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crash in Bilinga.
- 1958 - Town of South Coast renamed Town of Gold Coast.
- 1959 - Town of Gold Coast renamed City of Gold Coast.[1]
- 1960 - Kinkabool (building) constructed in Surfers Paradise.[2]
- 1962 - Lido Arcade in Surfers Paradise opens.[1]
- 1963 - Gold Coast Bulletin newspaper in publication.[3]
- 1964 - Southport-Brisbane South Coast railway line closes.[1]
- 1966
- 1967
- 1971
- 1973 - Robert Neumann elected mayor.[1]
- 1974 - Currumbin Estuary Bridge opens.[1]
- 1979 - Gold Coast Marathon begins.
- 1981
- Dreamworld amusement park in business in Coomera.[1]
- Population: 177,264.[4]
- 1984
- The Coolangatta Gold ironman race begins.
- Cade's County Waterpark in business in Oxenford.
- 1986 - Gold Coast City Art Gallery opens.
- 1987 - Carrara Stadium opens.
- 1988 - Bond University opens in Robina.[1]
- 1990
- Gold Coast and Albert Genealogical Society active.[5]
- Australia Fair Shopping Centre in business in Southport.
- 1991
- Movie World amusement part in business in Oxenford.[1]
- Population: 301,559.[4]
- 1995
- Shire of Albert becomes part of Gold Coast City.[1]
- Ray Stevens becomes mayor.
- 1996 - Moroccan (building) constructed in Surfers Paradise.[2]
- 1997 - Gary Baildon becomes mayor.
- 1999 - Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame opens.[6]
21st century
- 2000
- Palazzo Versace Australia hotel in business.
- Towers of Chevron Renaissance and Pacific Motorway[1] built.
- 2004
- Ron Clarke becomes mayor.[1]
- Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre opens in Broadbeach.[1]
- 2005 - Q1 (building) constructed.[1]
- 2006 - The Wave (building) constructed.
- 2007
- Gold Coast Titans rugby club formed.
- Circle on Cavill and Southport Central built.
- 2008
- November: 2008 Queensland storms.
- Robina Stadium opens.
- 2009 - Gold Coast Football Club formed.
- 2010 - The Oracle constructed.
- 2011
- Australian Sevens rugby contest relocates to Gold Coast.
- Population: 557,822 (urban agglomeration).[7]
- 2012
- Soul (building) constructed.
- Tom Tate becomes mayor.[8]
- 2013
- January: Cyclone Oswald.
- City Plan drafted.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 "50 Years: a Timeline", Gold Coast Bulletin (Paradise ed.) (Australia), May 16, 2009 – via LexisNexis Academic (subscription required)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Tall Buildings Brochure". Gold Coast Heritage: Publications. Gold Coast City Council. 1997. Retrieved May 2014.
- ↑ "Gold Coast (Qld.) - Newspapers". Catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved May 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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 1980's". Erdkunde 47. JSTOR 25646442.
- ↑ "About Us". Gold Coast Family History Society. Retrieved May 2014.
- ↑ Ian McDougall, ed. (November 3, 2013), "Golden day for elite sports people", Southport Star (Queensland), retrieved May 2014 – via State Library of Queensland "Ask a Librarian"
- ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2012. United Nations Statistics Division. 2013. Retrieved May 2014.
- ↑ "Tom Tate new Gold Coast mayor". Brisbane Times. April 28, 2012. Retrieved May 2014.
- ↑ "City Plan 2015". Council of the City of Gold Coast. Retrieved May 2014.
Further reading
- 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
- Margo Daly et al. (1997), "Southeast Queensland: Gold Coast", Australia (3rd ed.), Rough Guides, p. 330+, OL 24375556M
External links
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- "Local Studies Library, Southport Branch Library". Libraries. Gold Coast City Council.
- "Community museums and local history". Gold Coast Heritage. Gold Coast City Council.
Coordinates: 28°01′00″S 153°24′00″E / 28.016667°S 153.4°E