Download coordinates as: Biggera Waters is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

An article in the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia by F.J. Watson offers this translation:"Bigera from the red iron bark tree (Eucalyptus siderophloia) from the Yugambeh language.

[13] Allotments 7,8 and 9 of section 4, portion 62 being site of the Labrador Hotel were offered for sale at the same time.

[16] In 1937 construction started on 36 acres of scrub land to the north of Biggera Creek to build an aerodrome.

[17] It was considered suitable for both land and the sea planes which used the Broadwater but development of the site was halted due to World War II.

[18] After the end of the war the aerodrome was revisited but the site was no longer considered suitable and other options were discussed.

[18][19] Biggera Waters and surrounding regions experienced a period of growth in the 1950s [20] and in 1953 approximately 18 acres of the aerodrome property, situated in the vicinity of Ocean, Broadwater and Stradbroke Streets, was sold for development.