Stephens is a former suburb of the
City of Gold Coast
The City of Gold Coast is the local government area spanning the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and surrounding areas. With a population of 606,774 it is the second most populous local government area in Australia (City of Brisbane being the ...
,
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
,
Australia
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.
History
Stephens was named after the Stephens Swamp, an area of wetlands between
Reedy Creek and
Burleigh Heads
Burleigh Heads is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Burleigh Heads had a population of 10,077 people.
Geography
Burleigh Head is a cape () jutting into the Coral Sea at the northern mouth of Tallebudgera C ...
. The swamp, in turn, was named after
Thomas Blacket Stephens
Thomas Blacket Stephens (5 January 1819 – 26 August 1877) was a wealthy Brisbane businessman and newspaper proprietor who also served as an alderman and mayor of Brisbane Municipal Council,Brisbane City Council Archives a Member of the Legis ...
who purchased 6980 acres of hinterland in 1873 to drain it into
Little Tallebudgera Creek to create land for dairy farming.
[
In the 1980s, Stephens began to develop a suburban character.
]Bond University
Bond University is Australia's first private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina, a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland. Since its founding on 15 May 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teaching-focused higher ed ...
was established in Stephens in 1987 when the Parliament of Queensland
The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland, the Parliament consists of the Monarch of Australia and the Legislative Assembly. It has been the only unicameral s ...
granted it university status via the passage of the Bond University Act. The University commenced teaching in May 1989 with an initial intake of 322 students.History , Introducing Bond , Bond University , Gold Coast, Australia
. Bond.edu.au (1989-05-15). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
In 2002, Stephens was merged with
Andrews and a portion of
Robina, to form the new suburb of
Varsity Lakes
Varsity Lakes is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Varsity Lakes had a population of 15,026 people.
The suburb was originally known as ''Stephens'', but in 2002, Stephens, Andrews and a section of Robina we ...
and the West Burleigh part of
Burleigh Heads
Burleigh Heads is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Burleigh Heads had a population of 10,077 people.
Geography
Burleigh Head is a cape () jutting into the Coral Sea at the northern mouth of Tallebudgera C ...
.
Stephens is no longer an official placename.
See also
*
Suburbs of the Gold Coast
References
External links
*
Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland
Varsity Lakes, Queensland
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