page_title: Shire of Albert
section_title: Towns and localities
hierarchical_section_title: Shire of Albert / Towns and localities
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of sugar cane fields at Steiglitz, Queensland, Australia.
context_page_description: The Shire of Albert was a local government area in Queensland, located south of the capital, Brisbane, and taking in areas to the north and west of the Gold Coast. It was named after the Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, and husband of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert. When created in 1948, it was primarily a rural area, but its growth started in earnest in the late 1960s with the development of Logan on Brisbane's southern frontier. After the separate creation of Logan as a shire in 1978, Albert lost most of its population and became more centred upon the Gold Coast, which experienced a massive period of growth from then until the Shire's amalgamation with the City of Gold Coast in 1995.
context_section_description: The Shire of Albert included the following settlements:
  
  
   
  Gold Coast suburbs:
  Broadbeach Waters
  Burleigh Waters
  Carrara
  Clear Island Waters
  Coomera
  Currumbin Waters
  Elanora
  Gaven
  Helensvale
  Highland Park
  Hope Island
  Mermaid Waters
  Merrimac
  Nerang
  Oxenford
  Pacific Pines
  Robina
  Upper Coomera
  Varsity Lakes
   
  Northern Albert region:
  Alberton
  Cedar Creek
  Gilberton
  Guanaba
  Jacobs Well
  Kingsholme
  Luscombe
  Maudsland
  Norwell
  Ormeau
  Ormeau Hills
  Pimpama
  South Stradbroke Island
  Stapylton
  Steiglitz
  Willow Vale¹
  Wongawallan
  Woongoolba
  Yatala
   
  Western Albert region:
  Advancetown
  Austinville
  Bonogin
  Clagiraba
  Currumbin Valley
  Gilston
  Lower Beechmont
  Mount Nathan
  Mudgeeraba
  Natural Bridge
  Numinbah Valley
  Reedy Creek
  Springbrook
  Tallebudgera
  Tallebudgera Valley
  Tallai
  Worongary
   
  ¹ - not to be confused with Willowvale of the Southern Downs Region
caption: Sugar cane at Steiglitz, 2014
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