20th century Timeline of Gold Coast, Queensland
1933 the town of elston officially renamed surfers paradise. 1949 town of south coast created through amalgamation of coolangatta , southport. 10 march: 1949 queensland airlines lockheed lodestar crash in bilinga. 1958 - town of south coast renamed town of gold coast. 1959 - town of gold coast renamed city of gold coast. 1960 - kinkabool (building) constructed in surfers paradise. 1962 - lido arcade in surfers paradise opens. 1963 - gold coast bulletin newspaper in publication. 1964 - southport-brisbane south coast railway line closes. 1966 the sands (building) , paradise towers constructed in surfers paradise. gold coast bridge rebuilt. 1967 garfield towers built in surfers paradise. bruce small elected mayor. 1971 sea world park opens in southport. population: 75,862. 1973 - robert neumann elected mayor. 1974 - currumbin estuary bridge opens. 1979 - gold coast marathon begins. 1981 dreamworld amusement park in business in coomera. population: 177,264. 1984 the coolangatta gold ironma...