Mermaid Beach

Mermaid Beach
State :  Australia State : Queensland City : Gold Coast (Australia)
Coordinates : 28 ° 3 ′  S , 153 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 28 ° 3 ′  S , 153 ° 26 ′  E
Residents : 6,533 (2016)
Postal code : 4218 LGA : Gold Coast City
Mermaid Beach

Mermaid Beach is a suburb of Gold Coast , a city on the southeast coast of Queensland in Australia . During the 2016 census, there were 6,533 people living in Mermaid Beach. The suburb is bordered by the man-made canals of Mermaid Waters to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east . To the north is Broadbeach , in southern Miami . Mermaid Beach is connected to the rest of the Gold Coast by the Gold Coast Highway .

Surname

Mermaid Beach got its name from the ship HMS Mermaid . John Oxley was sailing the Mermaid in 1823 when he discovered the Tweed and Brisbane Rivers .

The Mermaid Beach Surf Lifesaving Club was founded by the US Army during World War II .

The Gold Coast Oceanway runs down Hedges Avenue in Mermaid Beach .

Web links

• Gold Coast City Council
• University of Queensland: Places in Queensland: Mermaid Beach
• Mermaid Beach Surf Lifesaving Club

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Mermaid Beach ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
2. ↑ Mermaid Beach , on dnrm.qld.gov.au. Retrieved March 6, 2016
3. ↑ Millionaires Mile