Jim Cavill

James Freeman Cavill (c.1862 –1952 in Surfers Paradise, Queensland) a Brisbane hotelier, was one of the pioneers of the Gold Coast, Australia.

Information about his early life is sketchy as he told a number of conflicting stories, which cannot be validated from official records.

[7] Many years after Johan Meyer's initial entrepreneurial endeavours failed, James Cavill purchased 25 acres (101,000 m2) of land in the Elston subdivision.

James Cavill was heavily involved in the early promotion of Elston, and lobbied hard for the name, which was in common use, to be changed to Surfers Paradise (the same as his hotel).

[13] The Elston area was slow to take off, but when it finally did, it was labelled the Gold Coast in newspaper reports [14][15][16] and in 1958 it became the official name for the town.