Norwell, Queensland

Norwell is in the north of the City of Gold Coast. It is bounded to the east by Jacobs Well, to the south by Pimpama, to the west by Ormeau, and to the north by Gilberton and Woongoolba.

File:Plaque on the Apostolic Church, Norwell, 2005.jpg

In the late 1800s, the farming district located between the Pimpama River and the Logan River called Pimpama Island and encompasses the modern localities of Jacobs Well, Norwell, Steiglitz and Woongoolba. It was referred to as an island because there were a number of lagoons and swamps that isolated the area during the wet season; however, this disadvantage made it good land for growing sugar cane.{{cite web|title=Woongoolba History|url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/woongoolba-history-2683.html|publisher=City of Gold Coast Council|access-date=5 April 2014|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092737/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/woongoolba-history-2683.html|url-status=live}}

Norwell was named after the Norwell sugar plantation which was owned by William Pidd in the 1870s.{{cite web |title=Norwell History |url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/norwell-history-2743.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407094336/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/norwell-history-2743.html |archive-date=7 April 2014 |access-date=4 April 2014 |publisher=City of Gold Coast Council}}

On 17 January 1910, Norwell State School was officially opened by James Stodart, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Logan. It closed on 30 April 1971.{{cite news|date=17 January 1910|title=Opening of Norwell School.|page=4|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=16,229|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19615760|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=21 January 2022|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121100020/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19615760|url-status=live}}{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=4 April 2014}}{{cite QSA Agency|6494|Norwell State School|4 April 2014}} The school was at approx 544 Norwell Road ({{Coord|-27.7753|153.3099|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Norwell State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1922 |title=Moreton 40 Chain map AG2 series sheet 6 south |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chn-moreton-ag2-sh6-south-1922.jpg |access-date=18 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418134232/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chn-moreton-ag2-sh6-south-1922.jpg |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=1954 |title=Tamborine |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-tamborine-ed-2-1954.jpg |access-date=18 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=2 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402114337/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-tamborine-ed-2-1954.jpg |url-status=live }} Later{{When|date=April 2022}}, the Norwell State School building was relocated to Woongoolba to extend the Woongoolba Public Hall.{{Cite web|title=Woongoolba Hall - General Community Facilities - Gold Coast Community Directory|url=https://www.mycommunitydirectory.com.au/Queensland/Gold_Coast/Community_Centres__Halls___Facilities/General_Community_Facilities/14236/131406/Woongoolba_Hall|access-date=2022-01-21|website=www.mycommunitydirectory.com.au|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121034648/https://www.mycommunitydirectory.com.au/Queensland/Gold_Coast/Community_Centres__Halls___Facilities/General_Community_Facilities/14236/131406/Woongoolba_Hall|url-status=live}}

Jacob's Well State School opened in 1920. It closed on 3 May 1974. The school then became the Jacob's Well Environmental Study Centre.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|publisher=Queensland Government|access-date=21 November 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018}}{{cite web|title=Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre|url=https://www.jacobseec.eq.edu.au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124222655/http://jacobseec.eq.edu.au/|archive-date=24 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{Cite web|date=2020-10-30|title=History|url=https://jacobswelleec.eq.edu.au/about-us/history|access-date=2021-12-19|website=Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre|language=en|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308112951/https://jacobswelleec.eq.edu.au/about-us/history|url-status=live}}

In 1914, the Apostolic Church of Queensland opened in a church in Norwell. On 26 October 1963, the foundation stone for a new church was laid by the Apostles Arnold Edward Zielke and Arnan Niemeyer. It opened in 1964, replacing an earlier church which was demolished.{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Norwell Apostolic Church (1914) |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=6384 |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418131519/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=6384 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Norwell Apostolic Church (1964) |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=4190 |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418131515/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=4190 |url-status=live }}

St John's Lutheran Church was officially opened on Sunday 19 July 1914 by the Reverend Pastor Thiele.{{cite news |date=1 August 1914 |title=New Lutheran Church at Norwell, Pimpama |page=12 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=17,643 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19974420 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=19 April 2022 |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418141105/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19974420 |url-status=live }} It was demolished in 1980.{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St John's Lutheran Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=6385 |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418131516/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=6385 |url-status=live }} It was at approx 557 Norwell Road ({{Coord|-27.7750|153.3105|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St John's Lutheran Church (former)}}).

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Norwell had a population of 282 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31253|name=Norwell|access-date=4 April 2014|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Norwell had a population of 200 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32210|name=Norwell (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Norwell had a population of 189 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32191|name=Norwell (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Despite the name, Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre on the corner of Behms and Pimpama-Jacobs Well Roads in Norwell ({{coord|-27.7824|153.3349|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|publisher=Queensland Government|date=9 July 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.jacobseec.eq.edu.au|title=Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124222655/http://jacobseec.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} It was the former Jacob Wells State School.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-30|title=History|url=https://jacobswelleec.eq.edu.au/about-us/history|access-date=2021-12-19|website=Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre|language=en|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308112951/https://jacobswelleec.eq.edu.au/about-us/history|url-status=live}}

There are no conventional schools in Norwell. The nearest primary schools are Woongoolba State School in neighbouring Woongoolba to the north and Ormeau State School in neighbouring Ormeau to the west. The nearest secondary school is Ormeau Woods State High School in Ormeau.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=18 April 2022}}

File:Apostolic Church, Norwell, 2014.JPG

Norwell Apostolic Church is at 207 Norwell Road ({{Coord|-27.75901|153.29006|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Norwell Apostolic Church}}).

The Gold Coast Sports Flying Club is based out of Heck Field (also known as Jacobs Well airfield), a small airfield located in the north-east of Norwell at 1638 Stapylton Jacobs Well Road ({{coord|-27.76767|153.33941|type:airport_region:AU-QLD|name=Heck Field (airfield)}}).{{Cite web|date=22 October 2020|title=Airport runways, taxiways and aprons - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/66a4640d-e6d4-4e43-b767-9a347ca7b2c4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112133000/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/66a4640d-e6d4-4e43-b767-9a347ca7b2c4|archive-date=12 November 2020|access-date=3 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}} It provides facilities for recreational aviation. The club provides flight training from the airfield.{{AIP AU|YHEC|name=Heck Field}}, [https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/pending/ersa/FAC_YHEC_23MAR2023.pdf Aeronautical Chart]{{cite web|url=https://www.gcsfc.org.au/|title=GOLD COAST SPORT FLYING CLUB INC.|publisher=Gold Coast Sport Flying Club|accessdate=11 January 2024|archive-date=24 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224161328/https://www.gcsfc.org.au/|url-status=live}}

File:Entrance to the Holden Driving Centre, Norwell, 2014.JPGHolden operate a driver training facility at Norwell. In addition to driver safety programs at a number of levels of experience, the centre also offers 4WD training and performance driving courses and "hot laps" in a high-performance car.{{cite web|title=About the Driving Centre|url=http://www.thedrivingcentre.com.au/about.html|publisher=Holden|access-date=14 April 2014|archive-date=24 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124123045/http://thedrivingcentre.com.au/about.html|url-status=dead}} It is also the base for Paul Morris Motorsport and MARC Cars Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.morrisint.com.au/motorSport.html|title=Motor Sport|website=Morris International|access-date=4 March 2021|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225211017/https://www.morrisint.com.au/motorSport.html|url-status=live}}

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