The summit of the volcano,
, was estimated at about 2,000 meters above sea level and was flowing. Popular
holiday areas included Burleigh Heads, Coolangatta, Southport and the
Elston settlement, later known as Surfers ParadiseLand, was advertised for sale in Surfers Paradise Estate in 1917. These
sedimentary layers consist of hard metamorphic sedimentary rocks such as argillite,
greywacke, quartzite, greenstone, flint, shale and conglomerate. 1 A Brief History of Human Settlement and Land Use on the Gold Coast
Today, the Gold Coast is a city of approximately 350,000 people occupying 1
5,100 hectares
(1,
51 km2) in southeast Queensland; From the QLD-NSW border in the south
to the Logan River and South Moreton Bay in the north, and from the coastal beaches
in the east to the crest of the McPherson and Darlington Ranges in the west. 18). . However, in the 1860s,
,
well-established farms were established along the rivers.
From the 1820s, loggers moved into the area of northern NSW in search of
red cedar (Toona ciliata). This territory and the
,
soil types along the coast create a variety of habitats,
,
of which form the basis of a unique environment. The topography rises steeply at the base of the rolling foothills of the
,
west-facing range (up to 1,010 m above sea level in Springbrook).
