Labrador, Queensland

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Labrador
Gold Coast, Queensland

Population:

15,391

Postcode:

4215

LGA:

Gold Coast City

State District:

Labrador

Federal Division:

Moncrieff

Suburbs around Labrador:
Biggera Waters	Biggera Waters	South Stradbroke Island
Arundel	Labrador	South Stradbroke Island
Parkwood	Southport	South Stradbroke Island

Labrador is a small suburb located in the Gold Coast, Australia. The suburb overlooks the Gold Coast Broadwater to the east and Southport on the southern border. Dawn Rix in her book a history of Labrador writes that local sugar-planter and investor 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. The Labrador Hotel, a building that was constructed circa 1881 by Queensland coach service Cobb and Co, evidently perpetuated the name "Labrador" for the area, but was destroyed by fire in 1888. Despite this, a residence called Labrador house was built and even, in 1921, Labrador State School.