Mudgeeraba, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Mudgeeraba (/ˈmʌdʒərəbɑː/ MUH-jə-rə-bah) is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Mudgeeraba's essential character remains one of a nineteenth-century village,[5] and contains important evidence of its earlier form and building.

[7][8] Mudgeeraba is remnant of the type of township that characterises the rural hinterland of the Gold Coast.

[16] In 1890, the Queensland State Government indicated that the railway station would be positioned as close to the township, located on Coach Road, as possible.

[17] Following the decision was made to position the railway station at some distance to the town, early residents acquired land nearby.

The creek water helped sustain vegetable gardens for the residents, housed in timber and corrugated iron huts.

[19] One aspect of the relief scheme put in place by the Queensland Government was to establish small banana plantations.

In Upper Mudgeeraba, 300 acres (120 ha) divided into 50 blocks were made available to successful applicants to farm.

[24] The Gold Coast City Council opened a public library at the Old Post Office Heritage Centre in Railway Street in 2004.

However it did not attract a lot of patronage and it was decided to merge it into the Robina Library with the Mudgeeraba branch closing on 25 January 2017.

[25] The Gold Coast City Council operates a fortnightly mobile library service which visits Railway Street beside Mudgeeraba Pool.

The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 8.5%, England 6.1%, South Africa 1.7%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.7%.

88.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.7% Japanese, 0.6% German, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% Spanish.

[47] The Gold Coast City Council provides the Old Post Office (formerly the Mudgeeraba Library) to community groups and activities for both adults and children involving computing, technology, robotics etc.

Mudgeeraba Spartans Junior AFL Club plays their home games at Somerset College.

The starting point for the annual 96 kilometres (60 mi) cross-country Kokoda Challenge is in Mudgeeraba.

View of a farm in the Mudgeeraba district ca. 1891
Mudgeeraba Exchange Hotel, 1915
People posing at the railway station in Mudgeeraba, ca. 1917
Aerial photograph of Mudgeeraba State School, 2023
Clover Hill State School, 2023