Alberton, Queensland facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Alberton Gold Coast, Queensland
Sugarcane fields, looking south down Cane Farm Road, Alberton, 2022
Alberton Location in Queensland
Population	590 (2016 census)
• Density	34.7/km2 (90/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4207
Area	17.0 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	12.7 km (8 mi) E of Beenleigh 45.1 km (28 mi) N of Southport 46.4 km (29 mi) N of Surfers Paradise 45.5 km (28 mi) SSE of Brisbane
LGA(s)	City of Gold Coast
State electorate(s)	Coomera
Federal Division(s)	Fadden
Suburbs around Alberton: Eagleby Carbrook Redland Bay Eagleby Alberton Woongoolba Stapylton Gilberton Woongoolba

Alberton is a rural locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Alberton had a population of 590 people.

History

The Aboriginal name for the area was Wobbomerijee (where Wobum means mud and Mudtheri means sticky).

Alberton State School and students, circa 1892

European settlement began in 1863 when the first settlers arrived, mostly German immigrants. A town reserve was established in 1865 on the souther bank near the junction of the Logan and Albert Rivers.

In 1869, the first Lutheran church was established near the Lutheran cemetery on Zipfs Road. The area was known as Elkana (meaning "God has created and blessed"). Later the area was called Alberton after Prince Albert, consort to Queen Victoria, but the name Elkana is preserved in Elkana Road.

St Peter's Lutheran Church, Alberton, 2014

In 1870, a ferry service across the river was introduced with the first bridge being built in 1876 at Yatala. A German school was established early in the 1870s beside the church. The Alberton Provisional School opened on 13 May 1876 with children attending German school on only one day a week. On 13 October 1884 the provisional school became the Alberton State School. In 1886, a new larger Lutheran church (the present St Peter's at 187 Alberton Road) was built. It was consecrated in 1887 by Rev Hellmuth.

The Gem Hotel, 2014

The Gem Hotel was established prior to 1911, but it was destroyed by fire on 27 June 1933 but fortunately was insured. By December 1933, the hotel had been rebuilt and was still operating in April 2014 on the corner of Stapylton-Jacobs Well Road and Rotary Park Road.

The German school was demolished in 1919. The Alberton State School closed in 1966.

In the 1950s, a very notable Bora ceremonial site on the Logan river was destroyed, and replaced with a pineapple plantation owned by a Mr. Inklemann. The site bore the characteristics of the classic twin circles, with a north-south orientation, the large northern ring measuring 70-80 feet in diameter, while the smaller ring lay some 100 feet to its south. In the middle of the latter was a native stone hut, consisting of several stone slabs supporting a stone roof, not unlike the dolmen structures of prehistoric Europe.

Economy

Prawn farming, Alberton, 2014

The Gem Hotel, 2014

Alberton is primarily a rural area with sugar cane plantations and prawn farms.

Education

There are no schools in Alberton. The nearest primary schools are Woongoolba State School in neighbouring Woongoolba to the south-east and Mount Warren Park State School in Mount Warren Park to the south-west. The nearest secondary school is Beenleigh State High School in Beenleigh to the south-west.

Images for kids

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  Alberton Sugar Mill, 1922