Advancetown

Advancetown
Hinze Dam on Advancetown Lake
State :  Australia State : Queensland
Coordinates : 28 ° 2 ′  S , 153 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 28 ° 2 ′  S , 153 ° 17 ′  E Area : 63.6  km²
Residents : 482 (2016) Population density : 7.6 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4211 LGA : Gold Coast City
Advancetown

Advancetown is a suburb of the Gold Coast city in Queensland , Australia . It is located about twelve kilometers west of the center and had 482 inhabitants in 2016.

geography

Street in Advancetown (2016)

Advancetown is located on the eastern edge of the hilly coastal mountains , the so-called Gold Coast hinterland .

The nearby Hinze Dam, raised several times, is one of the most important drinking water reservoirs for the residents of the Gold Coast. The lake has an area of ​​15 square kilometers, the dam is 1850 meters long.

history

The Avenue of Commemorative Trees is on the Gold Coast Heritage List.

In 1870, woodcutters first invaded the Advancetown area to cut wood in the Pine Mountains . Before that, Aborigines lived in this area . In 1881 the first European settlement of the area began by David Yuan, who built a sawmill.

The small settlement began to grow when timber trucks from the McPherson Range to Nerang Railway Station passed halfway through the town. The place was used by carters for resting and overnight stays. In 1938 up to 24 teams of oxen were still active in the area for transporting timber.

The first hotel opened in 1884, the Beechmont Hotel , which Ernest Belliss bought in 1905 and renamed the Advancetown Hotel . Belliss later gave part of his property for the Advancetown School . He sold the hotel in March 1924, which burned down seven years later. A new Advancetown Hotel was built that same year and opened in February 1934. The Advancetown State School began operating in 1909 and closed in 1913. It reopened five years later, only to close again in 1952. In 1977 the Hinze Dam was built, which lies between Advancetown Lake and the Nerang River . Since the Advancetown settlement was partially flooded, it had to be abandoned.

After the flooding, the surrounding area was renamed Latimer because of the adjacent Latimer Creek . On May 11, 1985, the small town was renamed Advancetown again. Some historic homes are inscribed on the Gold Coast Monument Register.

The suburb was part of the Shire of Albert until it was merged with the LGA Gold Coast City in 1995 .

Web links

Commons : Advancetown, Queensland  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Advancetown ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
2. ↑ Hinze Dam. In: Seqwater. Retrieved March 22, 2016 (English). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Advancetown History . City of Gold Coast Council. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
4. ^ ^{A b} Advancetown Hotel History. In: Advancetown Hotel. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 21, 2016 . 
5. ↑ BEECHMONT. . In: The Brisbane Courier , National Library of Australia, March 13, 1924, p. 9. Retrieved March 21, 2016. 
6. ↑ ADVANCETOWN HOTEL FIRE. . In: The South Coast Bulletin , National Library of Australia, July 14, 1933, p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2016. 
7. ↑ ADVANCETOWN HOTEL. . In: The South Coast Bulletin , National Library of Australia, February 23, 1934, p. 7. Retrieved March 21, 2016. 
8. ↑ PUBLIC WORKS. . In: The Brisbane Courier , National Library of Australia, June 12, 1909, p. 10. Retrieved March 21, 2016.