Burleigh Waters, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Burleigh Waters
City:Gold Coast
State:qld
Coordinates:-28.0875°N 153.4355°W
Alternative Location Map:Australia Gold Coast
Local Map:yes
Zoom:11
Pop:14556
Postcode:4220
Elevation:4
Area:6.7
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:12.1
Dir1:S
Location1:Surfers Paradise
Dist2:14.6
Dir2:S
Location2:Southport
Dist3:88.9
Dir3:SSE
Location3:Brisbane CBD
Dist4:20
Dir4:NW
Location4:Tweed Heads
Lga:City of Gold Coast
Stategov:Burleigh
Stategov2:Mermaid Beach
Fedgov:McPherson
Near-Nw:Robina
Near-N:Mermaid Waters
Near-Ne:Miami
Near-W:Varsity Lakes
Near-E:Burleigh Heads
Near-Sw:Burleigh Heads
Near-S:Burleigh Heads

Burleigh Waters is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Burleigh Waters had a population of 14,556 people.

Geography

Burleigh Waters lies within the Gold Coast Electorate Division 12 which also includes Burleigh Heads, Burleigh Waters, Andrews, Stephens and Reedy Creek. In south is Marymount College as well as two large shopping centres.

The Gold Coast canal and waterway system network allows access from Burleigh Waters to The Broadwater and the Pacific Ocean. Five lakes have been created and named in Burleigh Waters:

The canal system is tidal, and during years of heavy rains and flood, homes on the Burleigh Waters canal can face flooding.

Stephens Swamp is a wetland (-28.0888°N 153.4286°W).[5]

There is a foot-and-cycle bridge between Dunlin Drive Link Park across Burleigh Lake to Burleigh Lake Park (-28.0918°N 153.4372°W).[6]

History

Stephens Swamp occupied much of present-day Burleigh Waters into the 1990s.[7] It was named after Thomas Blacket Stephens, a local landholder who began draining the swamp land in 1861.[8]

In the 1950s the Isle of Capri was one of the first canal estates constructed on the Gold Coast for waterfront living. Developers have expanded the popular estates ever since. Prior to the eastern inland development of the Varsity Lakes area, Burleigh Waters was the southernmost point of the Gold Coast canal and waterway system. Burleigh Waters developed in stages, starting in the 1970s. One section, Burleigh Waters Estate was a canal extension developed by Hooker Corporation with partner BMD Group during the late 1970s.[9] The Hooker Corporation collapsed and Mr Power's BMD Group was paid out at 60c in the dollar a few years later.[10] Privately built homes were being constructed by the time Pacific Fair opened in 1977[11] and continued with the expansion of the suburb. As a result of drainage and land reclamation, Stephens Swamp was eventually replaced by a series of man-made lakes that gives the suburb its name.[12]

The suburb of Burleigh Waters was officially named and bounded on 1 June 1981. The name Burleigh is taken from Burleigh Head, originally named Burly Head by surveyor James Warner in 1840.

The Infant Saviour Primary School opened in Burleigh Heads in 1935 and closed in 1973 when it was replaced by Marymount Primary School in Burleigh Waters.

Marymount College opened in 1967.

Caningeraba State School opened on 27 January 1987 with 130 students. It was built to relieve the pressure of increasing student numbers at Burleigh Heads State School.[13]

The Burleigh Waters Library opened in 1991.[14]

For decades a local urban myth maintained that sharks were seen as far south in the canal waterways as Burleigh Waters. Alleged sightings and stories were locally spread, but balanced with scepticism. In February 2003, a Burleigh Waters man was fatally attacked in shallow canal waters by a bull whaler shark.[15] These sharks are also known as Zambezi whaler and are very aggressive. After the attack, the public was warned not to risk swimming in any Gold Coast canals but rather to swim safely at the beach, between the flags.[15]

Demographics

At the, Burleigh Waters had a population of 13,868, 52.3% female and 47.7% male. The median age of the Burleigh Waters population was 40 years, 3 years above the national median of 37. 71.8% of people living in Burleigh Waters were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 7.4%, England 5.5%, Scotland 0.9%, South Africa 0.6%, Germany 0.6%. 88.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% Japanese, 0.6% Spanish, 0.5% German, 0.5% Cantonese, 0.5% Italian.

In the, Burleigh Waters had a population of 14,310 people.

In the, Burleigh Waters had a population of 14,556 people.

Education

Caningeraba State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Whistler Drive (-28.0853°N 153.4302°W).[16] [17] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1112 students with 77 teachers (68 full-time equivalent) and 37 non-teaching staff (23 full-time equivalent).[18] It includes a special education program.[16]

Marymount Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 261-283 Reedy Creek Road (-28.101°N 153.4294°W).[19] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 998 students with 59 teachers (51 full-time equivalent) and 38 non-teaching staff (25 full-time equivalent).

Marymount College is a Catholic secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 261-283 Reedy Creek Road (-28.1015°N 153.4304°W).[20] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,225 students with 98 teachers (93 full-time equivalent) and 52 non-teaching staff (39 full-time equivalent).

There is no government secondary school in Burleigh Waters. The nearest government secondary schools are Miami State High School in neighbouring Miami to the north-east and Varsity College in neighbouring Varsity Lakes to the west.

Amenities

The Gold Coast City Council operates a public library on the northern corner of Christine Avenue and Galeen Drive .[21]

Burleigh Town Post Office is in the Stockland Burleigh Heads shopping centre on Reedy Creek Road (-28.0977°N 153.441°W).[22] Burleigh Post Shop is at 6 Classic Way (-28.0995°N 153.424°W).

Mary Mother of Mercy Catholic Church is at 3 Sunlight Drive . It is part of the Burleigh Heads Catholic Parish within the Archdiocese of Brisbane.[23]

External links

Notes and References

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  7. Web site: 1992. 9541-11322 Stephens Swamp 22. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116110947/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2500-9541-11322-stephens-swamp-22-1992.jpg. 16 November 2020. 16 November 2020. Queensland Government. Map.
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  10. Web site: Beachfront buy smashes record. Gold Coast News. 7 October 2013.
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  12. Web site: Burleigh Waters. 2020-11-16. Queensland Places. University of Queensland. 10 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210410140537/https://queenslandplaces.com.au/burleigh-waters. live.
  13. Web site: 2019-05-21. Our school. 2022-01-23. Caningeraba State School. en. 4 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210304093716/https://caningerabass.eq.edu.au/our-school. live.
  14. Web site: Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-2017. November 2017. Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. 13. 26 January 2018. 30 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf. live.
  15. News: Warnings over canal waterways after shark attack . 9 June 2015 . 9 February 2003 . The Sun-Herald . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131054/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/08/1044579986954.html . live .
  16. Web site: 9 July 2018. State and non-state school details. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997. 21 November 2018. 21 November 2018. Queensland Government.
  17. Web site: 2019-05-21. Caningeraba State School. 2022-01-23. Caningeraba State School. en. 13 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513095905/https://caningerabass.eq.edu.au/. live.
  18. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2018. 28 January 2020. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 27 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx. live.
  19. Web site: Marymount Catholic Primary School. live. 2022-01-23. Marymount Catholic Primary School. 22 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322035854/http://www.mps.qld.edu.au/btb/surfing2.html.
  20. Web site: Marymount College Burleigh Waters. live. 2022-01-23. Marymount College Burleigh Waters. 27 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211227080059/http://www.marymount.qld.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx.
  21. Web site: Burleigh Waters Branch Library. 16 October 2014. Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. 26 January 2018. 26 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185123/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/gold_coast/burleigh_waters_library. live.
  22. Web site: 22 October 2020. Community facilities - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023081052/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f. 23 October 2020. 23 October 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  23. Web site: Churches. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211211221159/http://burleighheadscatholic.com.au/churches.php#burleigh-heads. 11 December 2021. 2022-01-23. Burleigh Heads Catholic Parish.