page_title: Labrador, Queensland
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Labrador, Queensland / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Creator: Benwell &amp; Echlin.; Watson, Ferguson &amp; Co. Location: Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland. Description: Surveyors: Benwell &amp; Echlin, Townsville. Auctioneers: Arthur Martin &amp; Co. Published by Watson, Ferguson &amp; Co., Lithographers (Brisbane). 89 x 57 cm. Digitised as part of the 'Henzell and Cameron Estate Maps Project' 2005. &quot;The Steamer 'Kate' will start on Friday afternoon (29th) and return on Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning. Splendid luncheon will be served out immediately after landing.&quot; Includes a local sketch. Read more about SLQ's map collections: http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/?s=maps View this image at the State Library of Queensland: http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/18459 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
context_page_description: Labrador is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Labrador had a population of 18,261 people.
context_section_description: In April 1878 sugar farmer and investor Robert Muir and investor John Lennon bought 139 acres (0.56 km²) of portion 62 of Crown Land, originally known as Southport North. Portion 62 fronted the Broadwater from Biggera Creek to Broad Street, and the future Billington Street formed part of the western boundary, which continued north until it reached Biggera Creek. The land was surveyed and divided into 19 selections not long after its purchase. When the allotments were sold they were advertised as part of ‘Mr Muir’s Central Southport Estate’. The land overlooked the expanse of the Broadwater and was a good spot for fishing. Land from Portion 62, Parish of Barrow, bound by Broad Street to the south, Loder Street to the west and Saltwater Creek to the north, was offered for sale in August 1883. Allotments 7,8 and 9 of section 4, portion 62 being site of the Labrador Hotel were offered for sale at the same time.
  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 of streams and the peninsula shape of the land.
caption: Real estate map, circa 1885
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