Alberton, Queensland
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Alberton
| city = Gold Coast
| state = qld
| image = Sugarcane fields, looking south down Cane Farm Road, Alberton, 2022 02.jpg
| caption = Sugarcane fields, looking south down Cane Farm Road, Alberton, 2022
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.7069|153.2688|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Alberton (centre of locality)}}
| alternative_location_map = Australia Brisbane
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 10
| pop = 547
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4207
| area = 17.0
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 12.7
| dir1 = E
| location1 = Beenleigh
| dist2 = 45.1
| dir2 = N
| location2 = Southport
| dist3 = 46.4
| dir3 = N
| location3 = Surfers Paradise
| dist4 = 45.5
| dir4 = SSE
| location4 = Brisbane
| lga = City of Gold Coast
| stategov = Coomera
| fedgov = Fadden
| near-n = Carbrook
| near-ne = Redland Bay
| near-e = Woongoolba
| near-se = Woongoolba
| near-s = Gilberton
| near-sw = Stapylton
| near-w = Eagleby
| near-nw = Eagleby
}}
Alberton is a rural locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|48111|Alberton|locality in City of Gold Coast|access-date=18 September 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Alberton had a population of 547 people.
Geography
Alberton is bounded in the north by the Logan River and in the west by its tributary, the Albert River.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=4 February 2022}}
History
File:StateLibQld 1 113992 Alberton State School and students ca. 1892.jpg
The Aboriginal name for the area was Wobbomerijee (where Wobum means mud and Mudtheri means sticky).
European settlement began in 1863 when the first settlers arrived, mostly German immigrants.{{cite web|title=History |url=http://www.albertonparish.org.au/history.htm |publisher=Alberton Lutheran Parish |access-date=5 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124000457/http://albertonparish.org.au/history.htm |archive-date=24 January 2014 }}
A town reserve was established in 1865 on the southern bank near the junction of the Logan and Albert Rivers.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1282216 |title=THE ALBERT RIVER. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=16 November 1865 |access-date=5 April 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202053003/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1282216 |url-status=live }}
The Ageston sugar plantation and sugar mill operated from 1866 to the 1890s and was described as "one of the finest plants in the Moreton district" in 1873.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/mobile/ageston-plantation-dig-2012-26602.html|title=Ageston Plantation Dig 2012|website=Gold Coast City Council|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221100937/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/mobile/ageston-plantation-dig-2012-26602.html|url-status=live}}
File:StateLibQld 2 253588 View of the Alberton Sugar Mill, 1922.jpg
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").{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19951059 |title=LOGAN PIONEERS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=30 May 1914 |access-date=5 April 2014 |page=17 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202053039/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19951059 |url-status=live }} A German school was established early in the 1870s beside the church. In 1886, a new larger Lutheran church (the present St Peter's) was built. It was consecrated in 1887 by Rev Hellmuth.{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=St Peter's Lutheran Church (1869)|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=6492|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203163336/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=6492|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=St Peter's Lutheran Church (1887)|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=2633|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029064626/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=2633|url-status=live}} The German school was demolished in 1919.
Later{{When|date=February 2022}} the area was called Alberton after Prince Albert, consort to Queen Victoria, but the name Elkana is preserved in Elkana Road.{{cite web|title=Alberton History|url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/alberton-history-2563.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927221947/https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/alberton-history-2563.html|archive-date=27 September 2020|access-date=4 February 2022|publisher=City of Gold Coast Council}}
The Alberton Ferry was established 1870 to cross the Logan River between Ferry Road at Carbrook and Alberton Road at Alberton ({{Coord|-27.6937|153.2611|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Alberton ferry (Alberton terminal)}}). Following the opening of the Logan Bridge in 1931, usage of the ferry declined and it was closed in 1948.{{Cite web|date=2017-04-11|title=Alberton|url=http://www.goldcoaststories.com.au/alberton/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Gold Coast City Libraries|language=en-AU|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603110020/http://www.goldcoaststories.com.au/alberton/|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite QSA Agency|6326|Alberton State School|5 April 2014}} It closed in 1966.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=4 April 2014}} It was on a {{Convert|10|acre|adj=on}} site at 88 Alberton Road (corner of Zipfs Road, {{Coord|-27.7109|153.2596|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Alberton State School (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=1947|title=Beenleigh|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-beenleigh-ed-2-1947.jpg|access-date=4 February 2022|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611080018/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-beenleigh-ed-2-1947.jpg|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=1943|title=Queensland Forty Chain series sheet 612|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-queensland-sh612-1943.jpg|access-date=4 February 2022|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203163335/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-queensland-sh612-1943.jpg|url-status=live}}
In October 1886, a well-known property on the Albert River owned by W. K. Witty called "Yellowwood Estate" was advertised for subdivision into suitable sized farms and then auctioned by Simon Fraser & Son.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163892502|title=Advertising|date=30 October 1886|newspaper=Logan Witness|access-date=29 May 2019|issue=445|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=IX|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=22 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522070740/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163892502|url-status=live}} A map advertising the auction states that 40 choice farms were available and the auction was to be held on Saturday 27 November at the Palm's Hotel, Beenleigh.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Yellow Wood Estate Albert River |type=Map |date= |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/257042}}
The Gem Hotel was established in 1877 but it was destroyed by fire on 27 June 1933 but was insured.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22189924 |title=FIRE AT ALBERTON. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=28 June 1933 |access-date=14 April 2014 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202053008/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22189924 |url-status=live }} By December 1933, the hotel had been rebuilt.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1140220 |title=Classified Advertising. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=11 November 1933 |access-date=14 April 2014 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202052953/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1140220 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Welcome|url=http://www.thegem.com.au/|publisher=The Gem Hotel|access-date=14 April 2014|archive-date=15 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415144356/http://www.thegem.com.au/|url-status=live}}
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.{{Cite book|title= Results of an archaeological survey of the Southern region of Moreton Bay and of Moreton Island (1963-1964)|last= Ponosov|first= Vladimir Vasil'evich|publisher= University of Queensland|year= 1974|url= http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:324910/V_V_Ponosov.pdf|pages= 2, 69–70|access-date= 14 January 2017|archive-date= 16 January 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170116165845/http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:324910/V_V_Ponosov.pdf|url-status= live}}
In September 2012, an archaeological dig was undertaken on the former Ageston sugar plantation, revealing stone and steel structures, a Cornish boiler and evaporating pans.
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Alberton had a population of 576 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30014|name=Alberton (State Suburb)|quick=on|access-date=2013-01-20}}
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Alberton had a population of 590 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30022|name=Alberton (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Alberton had a population of 547 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30022|name=Alberton (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Economy
File:Prawn farming, Alberton, 2014.JPGAlberton 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.
Facilities
AIberton Cemetery is at 80 Zipfs Road ({{coord|-27.7116|153.2662|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Alberton Cemetery}}).{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title=Cemetery Areas - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115100513/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b|archive-date=15 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}} Established by the German settlers, it is now operated by the Gold Coast City Council.{{Cite web|title=Alberton Cemetery|url=https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/Services/Venues-facilities/Cemeteries/Cemetery-locations/Alberton-Cemetery|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Gold Coast City Council|language=en-AU|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203163347/https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/Services/Venues-facilities/Cemeteries/Cemetery-locations/Alberton-Cemetery|url-status=live}}
Amenities
File:The Gem Hotel, Alberton, Queensland.JPG
The Gem Hotel is on the corner of Stapylton-Jacobs Well Road and Rotary Park Road ({{Coord|-27.7207|153.2523|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=The Gem Hotel}}).File:St Peter's Lutheran Church, Alberton, 2014.JPGSt Peter's Lutheran Church is at 187 Alberton Road ({{Coord|-27.7031|153.2566|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Peter's Lutheran Church}}).{{Cite web|title=St Peter's Lutheran Church :: Alberton Lutheran Parish|url=http://albertonparish.org.au/ministries/st-peters-lutheran-church/|access-date=2022-02-03|language=en-US|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208231454/http://albertonparish.org.au/ministries/st-peters-lutheran-church/|url-status=live}}
The Gold Coast City Council operates a fortnightly mobile library service which visits St Peter's Lutheran Hall in Alberton Road.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/library/documents/Mobile-library-timetable-2018.pdf|title=Mobile Library 2018 timetable|website=Gold Coast City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130062320/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/library/documents/Mobile-library-timetable-2018.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|access-date=30 January 2018}}
Alberton Cricket Club is in Zipf Park at 88 Alberton Road ({{coord|-27.7115|153.2595|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Alberton Cricket Club}}).{{Cite web|date=17 November 2020|title=Building points - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125050838/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
There is a boat ramp at the northern end of Alberton Road on the south bank of Logan River ({{coord|-27.6937|153.2608|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Alberton Road boat ramp}}). It is managed by the Gold Coast City Council.{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title=Recreational Boating Facilities Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/recreational-boating-facilities-queensland/resource/60ce6cc3-af0c-4806-bc8c-ab0ee981819c|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122210008/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/recreational-boating-facilities-queensland/resource/60ce6cc3-af0c-4806-bc8c-ab0ee981819c|archive-date=22 November 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
There are a number of parks in the area:
- Alberton Park ({{coord|-27.7054|153.2586|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Alberton Park}}){{Cite web|date=20 November 2020|title=Land for public recreation - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122211519/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|archive-date=22 November 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
- August Burow Park ({{coord|-27.6954|153.2598|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=August Burow Park}})
References
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External links
{{commons category|Alberton, Queensland}}
- [http://www.albertonparish.org.au Alberton Lutheran Parish]
{{Localities in Gold Coast}}