Pimpama, Queensland
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Pimpama Gold Coast, Queensland |
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| Population | 3,211 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1860 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4209 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Gold Coast | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Albert | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Fadden | ||||||||||||
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Pimpama is a suburb in the northern part of the City of Gold Coast. It is located on the Pacific Motorway 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Surfers Paradise. The township of Pimpama is the last remaining rural town on the Pacific Motorway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. It has a large area of undeveloped land. With the urban development of the region, Pimpama's population has had rapid growth, increasing by 92%.
From about 1868 Pimpama was the terminus of Cobb & Co Coach services from Brisbane. As a result of this, two hotels were built on either side of Hotham Creek, neither of which remain today. The route was extended to Nerang in 1882.
The first sawmill in South East Queensland was built at Pimpama in 1863 by Jesse Daniells.Arrowroot cultivation was an early crop grown widely in the area.
Laurel Hill Farmhouse, a single-storeyed timber farm house with attic, was erected in 1883-84 for Pimpama arrowroot grower and manufacturer, William Doherty. Laurel Hill Farmhouse was one of the finest residences in the area, being photographed in 1897 by the Queensland Lands Department as a model example of a Queensland home on a selection. The builder was Alexander Fortune of Coomera who had himself been granted 880 acres of crown land for pastoral use.
Much of the Pimpama district had been taken up in the 1850s by William Duckett White of Beau Desert Station, who leased 20,000 acres (81 km2) between the Logan and Coomera Rivers, including upper Hotham Creek (a tributary of Pimpama River), as Pimpama run. A small settlement was established on Pimpama River c1860, but the site was abandoned within a few years in preference to Hotham Creek. Much of Pimpama run was thrown open for selection from April 1869, and White forfeited his remaining leasehold on Pimpama from 1 January 1870. The private subdivision and sale in February 1870 of town and farm lots at the junction of the Pimpama River and Hotham Creek, consolidated Pimpama township and initiated a small farming community of mostly Irish settlers.
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