List of Gold Coast suburbs

This article is an expansion of a section titled Urban structure within the main article: Gold Coast, Queensland.
Aerial view of Gold Coast, main suburbs on this photo: Mermaid Waters (left) and Broadbeach Waters (right)

The list of Gold Coast suburbs includes a range of suburbs, localities, towns and rural districts in South East Queensland, Australia. The term "Gold Coast" refers to two different geographical areas—a closely populated and rapidly growing urban region stretching along about 41 kilometres (25 mi) of the Pacific coast from Coombabah in the north to Coolangatta on the New South Wales border in the south; or a local government area known as City of Gold Coast which covers a much larger area extending north to the southern fringe of metropolitan Brisbane and west into the Gold Coast Hinterland. The latter has been amended several times since its creation in 1948, most dramatically by its amalgamation in 1994 with the Shire of Albert, and losing a section centred on Beenleigh north of the Albert River to Logan City in March 2008.

Many suburbs have been established on reclaimed land including saltmarshes, mangroves and tidal flats. Some of these suburbs have developed extensive canal waterways.[1]

Suburbs and localities in Gold Coast City

Localities within suburbs

Map highlighting suburbs and boundaries of the Gold Coast urban area (Gold Coast City and part of Tweed Shire)

Former suburbs and localities

Suburban facilities

See also

References

  1. ↑ McPhee, D. (2015). "Marine environments on the Gold Coast: out with the old, in with the new". In Hundloe, Tor; McDougall, Bridgette; Page, Craig. The Gold Coast Transformed: From Wilderness to Urban Ecosystem. Csiro Publishing. ISBN 1486303307. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Moondewara (entry 44010)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

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