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The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane. It is Queensland’s second-largest city after Brisbane, as well as Australia’s sixth-largest city and the most populous ...
The Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence in 1957 as Ghana. [3] The term Gold Coast is also often used to describe all of the four separate jurisdictions that were under the administration of the Governor of the Gold Coast. These were the Gold Coast itself, Ashanti, the ...
The history of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia began in prehistoric times with archaeological evidence revealing occupation of the district by indigenous Australians for at least 23,000 years. The first early European colonizers began arriving in the late 1700s, settlement soon followed throughout the 19th century, and by 1959 the town ...
Gold Coast United FC, an A-League football team based on the Gold Coast. Gold Coast Vikings, a rugby league team that competed in the Queensland State League and the Queensland Cup competitions. Tennis Gold Coast, the governing body for the sport of tennis in the Gold Coast, Queensland.
City of Gold Coast. 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. South East Queensland is commonly considered to be a single region. It contains two statistical regions listed above, Brisbane and Moreton. The region has a population of 3,500,000 people, or 72% of the state's population. [1]
Coolangatta is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is the Gold Coast's southernmost suburb and it borders New South Wales. [3] In the 2021 census, Coolangatta had a population of 6,491 people.
Swedes (Swedish Gold Coast) Gold Coastians – Ghanaians (Ghana) v. t. e. The Gold Coast was the name for a region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa that was rich in gold, petroleum, sweet crude oil and natural gas. This former region is now known as the country Ghana.