Gold Coast, Queensland

For places with the same name or other meanings, go to Gold Coast (disambiguation)

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The Gold Coast is a coastal region approximately 70 km south of Brisbane, Australia that, over the past 50 years, has coalesced from a collection of scattered villages into a city of approximately 500,000 people—making it Australia's seventh largest city—and Australia's largest tourist resort. The South Coast Town Council changed its name to the Gold Coast Town Council in 1958, and Queensland officially proclaimed it the city of Gold Coast on May 16, 1959. The mayor of the Gold Coast is the former Olympic middle distance athlete Ron Clarke.

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Brisbane - Australia - Tourist - 1958 - Queensland - May 16 - 1959 - Olympic - Ron Clarke

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