[3] Austinville is located in a valley through which flows Mudgeeraba Creek and the rugged Nimmel Range looms in the distance.

[4] Austinville settlement was established as a banana plantation in 1934, making it one of the Gold Coast's oldest suburbs.

It was started as an attempt to resettle unemployed people on the land following the Great Depression, and therefore lift the economy.

It was named after Under-Secretary for Labour and Industry at the time, William Henry Austin, who encouraged the building of many of these plantations throughout the state.

Mudgeeraba Creek flowed behind the homes along the valley floor, and the rugged Nimmel Range bordered on the settlement's western side.