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

Labrador was part of traditional country for several families, due to the abundance of shell fish, mudcrabs, oysters and waterfowl in the area.

[citation needed] The Gold Coast City Council publishes the Labrador Heritage Walk, and produces a guide booklet which includes twenty one places of historical interest.

[6] Robert Muir is believed to have named the area in the late 19th century after the a local fishery in north-eastern Canada, owing to the similarities both held in the recreational fishing of streams and the peninsula shape of the land.

The Labrador Hotel was built c. 1881 by Fredrick Shaw on land originally part of Robert Muirs' selection.

The hotel had fifteen bedrooms and three sitting rooms, out houses and stables sufficient for regular use by Queensland coach service Cobb and Co.

Mr Langdon sold the Labrador Hotel to a Maria Matilda Crooke at auction in April 1888.

[4]Labrador House was built in 1883 facing Marine Parade as a holiday home with views to the broadwater and South Stradbroke Island.

In 1945 the Hasemann family became owners of the house and eleven years later built a convenience store on one side.

[4] The area was often portrayed as a mosquito swamp land due to its geography and numerous creeks and steams.

Extensions during the 1950s included a beer garden and an entertainment room to host International cabarets popular at the time.

[4] The site saw transformation with a much smaller brick building named The Grand Tavern which was later demolished in 1987 to make way for adjacent land acquisition and development plans.

Concern over the swampy land that often flooded and increasing traffic on Brisbane Road led to lobbying government for larger premises.

[4] Turpin Road and Gordon Street bound the new site at Imperial Parade, where the school is still located.