26-621: Download coordinates as: Advancetown is a rural outer locality in the City of Gold Coast , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Advancetown had a population of 528 people. Advancetown is situated in the Gold Coast hinterland . Its mountainous terrain facilated the construction of the Hinze Dam ( 28°03′00″S 153°16′50″E / 28.0501°S 153.2806°E / -28.0501; 153.2806 ( Hinze Dam ) ) which impounds
52-408: A 19-hole golf course designed by Greg Norman . The Hinze Dam offers a number of visitor attractions. Accessed from Advancetown Road at the top of dam wall ( 28°03′02″S 153°16′46″E / 28.0505°S 153.2794°E / -28.0505; 153.2794 ( Hinze Dam visitor centre ) ) is a visitor centre with education displays, a cafe and parkland with picnic facilities. Below
78-580: A larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and
104-474: A muddy place. The mountain Pages Pinnacle is named after local land owner Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page . The area first attracted timber-cutters in the 1870s because of the abundant supply of good quality timber. In 1881 David Yuan established at saw mill and European settlement began. A small settlement sprang up as a rest point for the bullock teams hauling timber to the railway at Nerang . As late as
130-468: A population of 482 people. In the 2021 census , Advancetown had a population of 528 people. There are a number of heritage sites in Advancetown, including: There are no schools in Advancetown. Given that the populated areas of the locality are in the north, the nearest primary schools are Nerang State School in neighbouring Nerang to the north-east and Gilston State School in neighbouring Gilston to
156-507: A trial in 1990, arising from the Fitzgerald Inquiry, saw businessman George Herscu convicted of paying Hinze $ 100,000 to enable a shopping centre development to go ahead. Herscu claimed the payments were for Hinze to purchase racehorses for him. Hinze Dam was named in honour of local pioneers Carl and Johanna Hinze (grandparents of Russ Hinze) who lived in the valley that was flooded by the dam. His granddaughter, Kristy Hinze ,
182-559: Is accessed from Range Road, while the western boat ramp ( 28°04′15″S 153°15′28″E / 28.0707°S 153.2578°E / -28.0707; 153.2578 ( Western boat ramp ) ) is accessed via Nerang Murwillumbah Road. There are also a number of walking trails. Advancetown has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ). There is a weather station located within Advancetown, at Hinze Dam . Record keeping commenced in 1974. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are
208-545: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Russ Hinze Russell James Hinze (19 June 1919 – 29 June 1991) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly . He presided over an era of controversy that included
234-453: Is the dominant feature in the south of the locality; it supplies water for most of the Gold Coast. Two named peaks within the locality are: The northern part of the locality, downstream from the dam, is lower and flatter and has mixed use with rural residential areas and rural areas (mostly grazing on native vegetation). One landmark in this area is Latimers Crossing, a crossing point of
260-987: The Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
286-619: The Nerang River ( 28°06′23″S 153°14′51″E / 28.1063°S 153.2476°E / -28.1063; 153.2476 ( Nerang River (upstream of the dam) ) ) and Little Nerang Creek ( 28°07′12″S 153°18′09″E / 28.1201°S 153.3024°E / -28.1201; 153.3024 ( Little Nerang Creek (upstream of the dam) ) ) to create Advancetown Lake ( 28°03′29″S 153°17′04″E / 28.0580°S 153.2844°E / -28.0580; 153.2844 ( Advancetown Lake ) ). The lake
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#1732870144299312-527: The Nerang River between Advancetown and Gilston ( 28°01′34″S 153°17′52″E / 28.0260°S 153.2978°E / -28.0260; 153.2978 ( Latimers Crossing ) ). Nerang–Murwillumbah Road (State Route 97) runs through from north to south. The mountain Mudgeeraba takes its name from the Bundjalung language words mudherri meaning sticky and ba meaning place , that is,
338-589: The 1930s, there were still up to 24 bullock teams operating in the area. In 1884, the first hotel was built by W. H. Turner called the Beechmont Hotel. In 1905, Ernest Belliss opened a hotel on the corner of Numinbah Road and a bullock road from Beechmont known as the Black Shoot ; he called it the Advancetown Hotel. Belliss also donated land for the Advancetown school, which made the name endure. Belliss sold
364-562: The Minister for Local Government and Main Roads. Between 1980 and 1987, he served as the Minister for Racing. Between 1980 and 1982, he served as the Minister for Police. These ministerial positions earned him the commonly known title of 'Minister for Everything'. In May 1988, Hinze resigned from Queensland Parliament after allegations were made against him during the Fitzgerald Inquiry , which
390-637: The State political arena as the member for South Coast , representing the then Country Party . After eight years as a backbench member of the Coalition Government, he was promoted to Cabinet. In 1971, while still a backbencher, he was part of a plot within the Country Party parliamentary wing to topple Joh Bjelke-Petersen that failed only when Bjelke-Petersen broke a tie in the party-room meeting by voting for himself. Between 1974 and 1987, he served as
416-528: The east. The nearest secondary school is Nerang State High School in Nerang. Although The Grand Golf Club has its entrance at 364 Gilston Road in neighbouring Gilston , most of the course is in Advancetown, accessed by a bridge over the Nerang River ( 28°00′58″S 153°18′23″E / 28.0160°S 153.3065°E / -28.0160; 153.3065 ( Grand Golf Club ) ). This private club has
442-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
468-475: The following anecdote: "The best cartoon of him was the one that showed him as a bulldog. I saw him on television describing why he would rather be a bulldog than a mouse, but he was shown as a bulldog with dark glasses and a white cane outside a casino and brothel in the Valley that had a flashing neon light, saying he did not know there were any there". Although the charges against Hinze were never proven in court,
494-706: The hotel in March 1924 and the timber building burned down in July 1933. A new Advancetown Hotel was built and opened in February 1934. Advancetown State School opened in 1909, but then closed in 1913. It reopened in 1918 but had temporary closures in 1921 and 1952. It closed permanently in 1960. Hinze Dam was first completed in 1976 (Stage 1), providing a storage of 42,400 million litres of water to surrounding residents. The dam named after local pioneers Carl and Johanna Hinze (grandparents of Queensland politician Russ Hinze ) who lived in
520-509: The names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to,
546-554: The setting up of the Racing Development Fund, ministerial re-zonings and the licensing of Jupiters Casino . His career in public life spanned almost four decades, first in local government in the 1950s and 1960s, and then in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1966 to 1988. After his exit from Parliament he was charged with eight counts of corruption, but died before going to trial. Russell James Hinze
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#1732870144299572-598: The spillway are picnic areas with barbeques ( 28°02′45″S 153°16′58″E / 28.0457°S 153.2829°E / -28.0457; 153.2829 ( Picnic Parkland ) ). Across the spillway is a network of purpose-built mountain bike trails . In the two arms of the lake there are the eastern and western boat ramps for non-motorised boating and fishing ( catch-and-release only due to mercury levels). The eastern boat ramp ( 28°05′06″S 153°18′39″E / 28.0849°S 153.3107°E / -28.0849; 153.3107 ( Eastern boat ramp ) )
598-477: The storage to 161,070 million litres of water. Advancetown was part of the Shire of Albert until it was amalgamated into the City of Gold Coast in 1995. In 2011, Stage 3 of the dam was completed, increasing the storage to 310,730 million litres of water. It reportedly cost $ 395 million dollars. In the 2011 census , Advancetown had a population of 352 people. In the 2016 census , Advancetown had
624-410: The valley that was flooded by the dam. The settlement of Advancetown including the school (which was closed by then) was lost under the dam's waters. As the settlement of Advancetown was gone, on 31 March 1979 the name Advancetown was dropped in favour of Latimer , after nearby Latimer Creek, but the name Advancetown was restored on 11 May 1985. In 1989, Stage 2 of the dam was completed, increasing
650-674: Was born on 19 June 1919 in Oxenford on the Gold Coast of Queensland to a German father and an Australian mother. His father was a dairy farmer. Russ started his career as a sugar cane cutter. Later he took up dairy-farming; like his father. After becoming chairman of the South Coast Cooperative Dairy Association, he was elected to the Albert Shire Council in the early 1950s, serving as shire chairman for nine years from 1958 to 1967. In 1966, Hinze entered
676-768: Was investigating corruption in Queensland during the Bjelke-Petersen era. In December 1989, Hinze was charged on eight counts of having received corrupt payments totalling $ 520,000. However, before the case could go to trial, he died from bowel cancer on 29 June 1991, at the Allamanda Private Hospital in Southport, aged 72. He was buried in Lower Coomera cemetery on the Gold Coast. After his death, Queensland Deputy Premier Tom Burns remembered him in parliament with
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