| 词条 | Mermaid Beach, Queensland |
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| type = suburb | name = Mermaid Beach | city = Gold Coast | state = qld | image = File:Mermaid Beach, Queensland looking North.jpg | caption = Mermaid Beach, looking North | lga = City of Gold Coast | postcode = 4218 | est = | pop = 6533 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | area = | stategov = Mermaid Beach | fedgov = Moncrieff | near-nw = Broadbeach Waters | near-n = Broadbeach | near-ne = Pacific Ocean | near-w = Mermaid Waters | near-e = Pacific Ocean | near-sw = Mermaid Waters | near-s = Miami | near-se = Pacific Ocean | dist1 = | location1= }} Mermaid Beach is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.[2] At the 2011 Census, Mermaid Beach had a population of 5,722. GeographyThe suburb is bounded to the west by the artificial canals of adjacent Mermaid Waters and to the east by the Pacific Ocean. To the north is the suburb of Broadbeach, to the south Miami. The Gold Coast Highway passes through Mermaid Beach. HistoryMermaid Beach receives its name from the cutter HMS Mermaid. Explorer John Oxley sailed aboard the Mermaid in 1823 when he discovered the nearby Tweed and Brisbane rivers.[2] Mermaid Beach was used during World War II by US servicemen, and was named Los Angeles Beach as well as Miami Beach to the south. In cira 1924, 70 allotments were advertised as "Mermaid Beach Estate" located at Mermaid Beach and Broadbeach to be auctioned by R. G. Oates Estates. The estate map has 3 estates for sale at Mermaid Beach and Broadbeach. The estates were divided in two by the "New Coastal Road" running through the Gold Coast.[3][4] TransportThe Gold Coast Oceanway travels along Hedges Avenue.[5] Community GroupsThe Mermaid Beach branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at QCWA Hall at 43 Ventura Road.[6] References1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC31827 | name = Mermaid Beach (State Suburb) | accessdate = 6 February 2018 | quick = on}} 2. ^1 {{cite QPN|46061|Mermaid Beach (suburb)|accessdate=13 September 2015}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/253870|title=Mermaid Beach Estate|last=|first=|date=c. 1924|website=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-02-26}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217635935|title=MARKET QUIET.|date=15 January 1924|newspaper=The Daily Mail|accessdate=26 February 2019|issue=6827|location=Queensland, Australia|page=12|via=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^Millionaires Mile {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821115222/http://newtons.net.au/pdfs/scripts/hedges_script.pdf |date=2006-08-21 }} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-url=|access-date=26 December 2018}} External links
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