Norwell is in the north of the City of Gold Coast. It is bounded to the east by Jacobs Well, to the south by Pimpama, to the west by Ormeau, and to the north by Gilberton and Woongoolba.
History
In the late 1800s, the farming district located between the Pimpama River and the Logan River called Pimpama Island and encompasses the modern localities of Jacobs Well, Norwell, Steiglitz and Woongoolba. It was referred to as an island because there were a number of lagoons and swamps that isolated the area during the wet season; however, this disadvantage made it good land for growing sugar cane.[3]
Norwell was named after the Norwell sugar plantation which was owned by William Pidd in the 1870s.[4]
Jacob's Well State School opened in 1920. It closed on 3 May 1974. The school then became the Jacob's Well Environmental Study Centre.[12][13][14][15]
In 1914, the Apostolic Church of Queensland opened in a church in Norwell. On 26 October 1963, the foundation stone for a new church was laid by the Apostles Arnold Edward Zielke and Arnan Niemeyer. It opened in 1964, replacing an earlier church which was demolished.[16][17][4]
There are no conventional schools in Norwell. The nearest primary schools are Woongoolba State School in neighbouring Woongoolba to the north and Ormeau State School in neighbouring Ormeau to the west. The nearest secondary school is Ormeau Woods State High School in Ormeau.[10]
Amenities
Norwell Apostolic Church is at 207 Norwell Road.[17]
Attractions
Holden operate a driver training facility at Norwell. In addition to driver safety programs at a number of levels of experience, the centre also offers 4WD training and performance driving courses and "hot laps" in a high-performance car.[24] It is also the base for Paul Morris Motorsport and MARC Cars Australia.[25]
"Opening of Norwell School". The Brisbane Courier. No.16, 229. Queensland, Australia. 17 January 1910. p.4. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022– via National Library of Australia.
Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN978-1-921171-26-0
"New Lutheran Church at Norwell, Pimpama". The Brisbane Courier. No.17, 643. Queensland, Australia. 1 August 1914. p.12. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022– via National Library of Australia.
Blake, Thom. "St John's Lutheran Church". Queensland religious places database. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Norwell". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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