Download coordinates as: Advancetown is a rural outer locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

[3] The lake is the dominant feature in the south of the locality; it supplies water for most of the Gold Coast.

[4][5][6] 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).

[12] The area first attracted timber-cutters in the 1870s because of the abundant supply of good quality timber.

A small settlement sprang up as a rest point for the bullock teams hauling timber to the railway at Nerang.

Belliss also donated land for the Advancetown school, which made the name endure.

[5][13] Belliss sold the hotel in March 1924 and the timber building burned down in July 1933.

[18][19] Hinze Dam was first completed in 1976 (Stage 1), providing a storage of 42,400 million litres of water to surrounding residents.

[23] Advancetown was part of the Shire of Albert until it was amalgamated into the City of Gold Coast in 1995.