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After public debate, the 'Local Government (Albert, Beaudesert and Gold Coast) Regulation 1994' provided for the amalgamation of Gold Coast City Council and the Shire of Albert to create a new local authority called the City of Gold Coast Council. An election was held on 11 March 1995 and the first Council meeting was held on 24 March 1995.
The Gold Coast has garnered a reputation as a "sporting graveyard", as many of the professional clubs that have represented the Gold Coast in national leagues since the 1980s experience generally poor on-field performances, consistently struggle to support themselves financially, and have generally folded within a decade of being founded; as of ...
The town of Southport is founded. 1875 ... Gold Coast College of Advanced Education established. 1988 Bond University opens in Robina. [3]
The City of Gold Coast is the local government area spanning the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and surrounding areas. With a population of 606,774, [1] it is the second most populous local government area in the State of Queensland (City of Brisbane being the largest). [1] Its council maintains a staff of over 2,500.
The Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its ... Founded in August 1947 by educated Africans who included ...
The Brandenburger Gold Coast, later Prussian Gold Coast, was a colony of Brandenburg-Prussia, later the Kingdom of Prussia, on the Gold Coast.The Brandenburg colony existed from 1682 to 1701, after which it became a Prussian colony from 1701 to 1721.
The 1946 Gold Coast constitution gave Africans a majority on the Legislative Council for the first time. Seen as a major step towards self-government, [82] the new arrangement prompted the colony's first true political party, founded in August 1947, the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC). [83] The UGCC sought self-government as quickly as ...
History of Gold Coast may refer to: History of Gold Coast, Queensland; History of Gold Coast (British colony) This page was last edited on 30 ...