• Source: Timeline of Gold Coast, Queensland

The following is a timeline of history of the city of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.




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.
1875
Johan Meyer buys land near Nerang River and begins developing sugar and transportation.
1883
The town of Coolangatta is founded.
1889
The South Coast railway reaches Southport.
1892
Catholic parish of Southport established.




20th Century


1901
The Southport School established.
1902
Pacific Cable Station opened, connecting Australia to North America by telegraph.
1912
St Hilda's School established.
1914
Yatala Pie Shop opens.
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.
Jim Cavill opens Surfers Paradise Hotel.
1928
Jazzland Dance Hall opened at Coolangatta.
1933
The town of Elston is officially renamed Surfers Paradise.
1934
Broadbeach is surveyed.
1938
Hotel Cecil in Art Deco style opened at Southport.
1939
First passenger flights from Coolangatta Airport (later Gold Coast Airport).
1947
Currumbin Bird Sanctuary (later Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary) opens.
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.
1958
Town of South Coast renamed to Town of Gold Coast.
1959
Town of Gold Coast renamed City of Gold Coast.
Isle of Capri canal development under way.
1960
Gold Coast Hospital opened.
Kinkabool (building) constructed in Surfers Paradise.
1962
Lido Arcade in Surfers Paradise opens.
Magic Mountain, Nobby Beach opens.
1963
Gold Coast Bulletin newspaper in publication.
1964
Southport-Brisbane South Coast railway line closes.
1965
Entrepreneur Bernie Elsey organises Surfers Paradise Meter Maids to save motorists from parking fines.
1966
The Sands (building) and Paradise Towers constructed in Surfers Paradise.
Gold Coast Bridge rebuilt.
1967
Garfield Towers built in Surfers Paradise.
Bruce Small elected mayor.
1971
Sea World park opens in Southport.
Point Danger Light built.
Population: 75,862.
1973
Robert Neumann elected mayor.
Billabong surfwear founded.
1974
Currumbin Estuary Bridge opens.
Surfers Paradise floods.
1976
Death of Gladys Moncrieff at Pindara Private Hospital
1979
Gold Coast Marathon begins.
1980
First Schoolies week celebrated, centred on Broadbeach Hotel
1981
Dreamworld amusement park in business in Coomera.
Population: 177,264.
1983
Ray Barrett stars in Goodbye Paradise as washed-up ex-policeman investigating crime.
1984
The Coolangatta Gold ironman race begins.
Cade's County Waterpark in business in Oxenford.
Coolangatta Centenary commemorations.
1985
Conrad Jupiters Casino (later The Star Gold Coast) opens.
1986
Gold Coast City Art Gallery opens.
1987
Carrara Stadium opens.
Gold Coast College of Advanced Education established.
1988
Bond University opens in Robina.
Gated community of Sanctuary Cove opened with performance by Frank Sinatra.
1989
Gold Coast College of Advanced Education is merged with Griffith University under the Dawkins Revolution of tertiary education.
1990
Gold Coast and Albert Genealogical Society active.
Australia Fair Shopping Centre in business in Southport.
1991
Movie World amusement park opens in Oxenford.
Village Roadshow Studios begin operation.
Magic Mountain, Nobby Beach shuts its doors.
Population: 301,559.
1992
Peter Goldsworthy's comedic novel Honk If You Are Jesus set in fictional Gold Coast bible college.
1994
Muriel's Wedding's fictional Porpoise Spit shot in Coolangatta and other Gold Coast locations.
Teen model Kristy Hinze appears in Vogue Australia.
1995
Shire of Albert becomes part of Gold Coast City.
Ray Stevens becomes mayor.
Yugambeh Museum, Language and Heritage Research Centre opens. [1]
BusTech company formed to manufacture buses.
1996
Moroccan (building) constructed in Surfers Paradise.
1997
Gary Baildon becomes mayor.
1999
Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame opens.




21st Century


2000
Palazzo Versace Australia hotel in business.
Towers of Chevron Renaissance and Pacific Motorway built.
2001
First series of reality TV show Big Brother shot at Dreamworld compound.
2004
Ron Clarke becomes mayor.
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre opens in Broadbeach.
2005
Q1 (building) constructed.
2006
The Wave (building) constructed.
First series of teen fantasy TV drama H2O: Just Add Water.
WhiteWater World water park opened.
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).
2012
Soul (building) constructed.
Tom Tate becomes mayor.
2013
City Plan drafted.
Gold Coast University Hospital built by Griffith University.
2014
The G:link light rail is built.
Factual TV series Gold Coast Cops follows police work.
2016
Four killed in accident on Thunder River Rapids Ride at Dreamworld.
2018
4-15 April: 2018 Commonwealth Games hosted by the city.
2023
Four killed in mid-air helicopter collision.




See also



History of Gold Coast, Queensland
List of mayors of Gold Coast
List of films shot on the Gold Coast
List of tallest buildings on the Gold Coast
List of schools in Gold Coast, Queensland




References






Bibliography






External links



"Local Studies Library, Southport Branch Library". Libraries. Gold Coast City Council.
"Community museums and local history". Gold Coast Heritage. Gold Coast City Council.

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