Hinterland Stories

Explore the Gold Coast’s pioneering past

Pioneer Sawmill

Pioneer Sawmill

The sawmill was located on eleven acres of freehold land adjacent to the West Burleigh Railway Station. Read this story
Nerang School of Arts

Nerang School of Arts

In 1886 a meeting was held to discuss the establishment of a School of Arts and Mechanics' Institute. Read this story
The Nerang Show

The Nerang Show

The first Nerang Agricultural Show was held on 30 September 1885. Read this story
The Tulip Farm

The Tulip Farm

Thousands of tourists travelled up the mountain to admire the tulips, daffodils and other flowers on display in garden beds. Read this story
The Maid of Sker

The Maid of Sker

From 1893 to the early 1930s the Maid of Sker made weekly trips carrying passengers, sugar and general cargo from Brisbane to Southport and Nerang. Read this story
The Boomerang Farm

The Boomerang Farm

Dr Lorin Hawes, an American aeronautical scientist, settled on the Gold Coast and opened the Boomerang Farm as a tourist attraction in 1965. Read this story
The Pimpama and Ormeau Memorial

The Pimpama and Ormeau Memorial

For many years the digger remained in place beside the highway and was a landmark that children would salute as they passed. Read this story
Nerang Railway Station

Nerang Railway Station

Nerang Station was located 49 miles 11 chains (78.6 km) from South Brisbane on the eastern side of Nerang township and provided water for the steam locomotives. Read this story
The Mudgeeraba-Springbrook Road

The Mudgeeraba-Springbrook Road

The Mudgeeraba-Springbrook Road was built largely by hand with the use of explosives, bullock teams and horse drawn scoops and rollers. Read this story
The H2 Hinde tree

The H2 Hinde tree

The H2 Hinde Tree (Macadamia integrifolia) was one of 30 trees believed to be planted in the 1920s at ‘Colliston’ by Michael James Hinde on his Gilston farm which he had established in 1879. Read this story
The Coomera River Bridge

The Coomera River Bridge

The bridge contained 224 girders that were 61½ feet long and 6½ tons each and were the largest solid girders ever imported into Queensland at the time. Read this story
Bullock Teams

Bullock Teams

It’s thought that a number of modern roads in the Hinterland evolved from early timber tracks. Read this story
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