Mudgeeraba, Queensland

{{For|the Queensland electoral division|Electoral district of Mudgeeraba}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{GeoGroup}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Mudgeeraba | city = Gold Coast | state = qld | image = Mudgeeraba Old Post Office.jpg | caption = Old Post Office, 2015 | coordinates = {{coord|-28.0791|153.3536|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Mudgeeraba (town centre)}} | pop = 14,578 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | established = | local_map = yes | zoom = 11 | postcode = 4213 | area = 25.8 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10:00 | dist1 = 14.3 <!-- road distances as per template instructions --> | dir1 = SSW | location1 = Surfers Paradise | dist2 = 19.2 | dir2 = SSW | location2 = Southport | dist3 = 81.2 | dir3 = SSE | location3 = Brisbane CBD | dist4 = | dir4 = | location4 = | lga = City of Gold Coast | stategov = Mudgeeraba | fedgov = McPherson | fedgov2 = Wright | near-n = Worongary<br/>Merrimac | near-ne = Robina | near-e = Varsity Lakes | near-se = Reedy Creek | near-s = Bonogin | near-sw = Neranwood<br/>Austinville | near-w = Advancetown | near-nw = Tallai }}

'''Mudgeeraba''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ʌ|dʒ|ə|r|ə|b|ɑː}} {{respell|MUH|jə|rə|bah}}) is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.<ref name=qpnt>{{cite QPN|39096|Mudgeeraba|town in City of Gold Coast|accessdate=27 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|46067|Mudgeeraba|suburb in City of Gold Coast|accessdate=27 December 2020}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the suburb of Mudgeeraba had a population of 14,578 people.<ref name=Census2021/> Mudgeeraba's essential character remains one of a nineteenth-century village.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Character area 6.2 Mudgeeraba |url=https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/gcplanningscheme_0509/attachments/policies/policy12/mudgeeraba.pdf |access-date=20 November 2023 |website=Gold Coast City Council |page=46 |archive-date=5 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405144413/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/gcplanningscheme_0509/attachments/policies/policy12/mudgeeraba.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Geography == Mudgeeraba Creek is the major creek of a catchment area in the southern region of the Gold Coast. It is part of the larger catchment area of Nerang River. Bonogin and Wyangan Creeks are tributaries of Mudgeeraba Creek.

Mudgeeraba's essential character remains one of a nineteenth-century village,<ref name=":0" /> and contains important evidence of its earlier form and building. Most older houses are situated on large blocks of {{convert|0.5|acre|ha|abbr=on}} to {{convert|2|acre|ha|abbr=on}}, alongside much larger farming properties situated in the area.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

== History == thumb|left|View of a farm in the Mudgeeraba district ca. 1891thumb|Mudgeeraba Exchange Hotel, 1915 It is thought that the name of the town was derived from an Indigenous Australian expression meaning, "place of infant's excrement", "place where someone told lies" or "place of sticky soil".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/mudgeeraba-history-2667.html|title=Mudgeeraba history|website=www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au|publisher=Gold Coast City Council|access-date=13 June 2017|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814135548/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/mudgeeraba-history-2667.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="qpnt" /> Another theory is that the name means "low-lying ground".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25505625 |title=SKETCHER. |newspaper=The Queenslander |date=11 April 1914 |access-date=18 September 2012 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226004748/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25505625 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21762746 |title=ANSWERS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=12 December 1931 |access-date=18 September 2012 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119214909/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21762746 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mudgeeraba is remnant of the type of township that characterises the rural hinterland of the Gold Coast. Subdivision of land was conventional and buildings were traditionally rural or rural commercial. The Schmidt Farmhouse is typical of farms of that period in the district (the farmhouse is now in the adjacent suburb of Worongary).<ref>{{cite QHR|16625|Schmidt Farmhouse & Outbuildings (former)|601889|access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref>

thumb|left|People posing at the railway station in Mudgeeraba, ca. 1917

Mudgeeraba, like other areas in the region, was an early centre for farming, timber getting and cattle grazing by the mid-1870s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1319575 |title=THE NERANG AND SOUTHWARDS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |volume=XXVII |issue=4,901 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=14 June 1873 |access-date=15 May 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119214909/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1319575 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mudgeraba Provisional School opened on 24 October 1887. On 1 January 1909, it became Mudgeraba State School. In 1915 it was renamed Mudgeraba Upper State School. By 1925 the spelling had changed to Mudgeeraba Upper State School. It closed on 6 November 1955.<ref name="qfhs">{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref>

Mudgeraba Lower Provisional School opened on 31 March 1892. In 1914, it became Mudgeraba Lower State School. In 1915 it was renamed Mudgeraba State School. By 1925, the spelling had changed to Mudgeeraba State School.<ref name="qfhs" /> It was on the south-east corner of School Street and Cobai Drive ({{Coord|-28.07799|153.36322|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mudgeeraba State School (original site)}}).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1976 |title=9541-14 Mudgeeraba |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-25000-9541-14-mudgeeraba-1976/original |access-date=20 November 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119221928/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-25000-9541-14-mudgeeraba-1976/original |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1981, the school relocated to its current site.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Mudgeeraba |url=https://www.raineandhorne.com.au/robina-mudgeeraba/explore-mudgeeraba |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Raine & Horne Robina / Mudgeeraba |language=en |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106020643/https://www.raineandhorne.com.au/robina-mudgeeraba/explore-mudgeeraba |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma997117224702061 |title=Mudgeeraba New State School : official opening 1981 |date=1981 |publisher=Mudgeeraba State School |access-date=19 November 2023 |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119222212/https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/discovery/fulldisplay?&context=L&vid=61SLQ_INST:SLQ&search_scope=SLQ_collections&tab=All&docid=alma997117224702061 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mudgeeraba rose to some prominence with the coming of the railway from Brisbane to Tweed Heads in 1903.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19240664 |title=OPENING NEW LINES. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |volume=LX |issue=14,244 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=8 September 1903 |access-date=15 May 2016 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119215043/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19240664 |url-status=live }}</ref> The station of the South Coast railway line was located near the present-day motorway entrance.<ref name="history">{{cite web|title=Mudgeeraba history|url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/mudgeeraba-history-2667.html|publisher=City of Gold Coast Council|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814135548/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/mudgeeraba-history-2667.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1890, the Queensland State Government indicated that the railway station would be positioned as close to the township, located on Coach Road, as possible.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20281462 |title=Southern Railway Extension. |newspaper=The Queenslander |volume=XXXVII |issue=755 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 March 1890 |access-date=15 May 2016 |page=535 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119214734/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20281462 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the decision was made to position the railway station at some distance to the town, early residents acquired land nearby. Once the railway line was in operation the centre of the town was relocated to its present position.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133484048 |title=MUDGEERABA |newspaper=South Coast Bulletin |volume=8 |issue=399 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=17 January 1936 |access-date=15 May 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119214602/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133484048 |url-status=live }}</ref> The railway was closed in 1961. The modern day Pacific Motorway largely follows the route of the former railway. The new Gold Coast railway opened on a different alignment from Brisbane to neighbouring Robina in 1998. Robina station is about {{convert|1.8|km}} further than the old Mudgeeraba railway station.<ref name="qfhs" />

In the early 1930s during the Great Depression, the Upper Mudgeeraba Creek banks were the location of unemployment relief camps set up under the ''Income (Unemployment Relief) Tax Acts, 1930''. The creek water helped sustain vegetable gardens for the residents, housed in timber and corrugated iron huts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mudgeeraba and Currumbin Creeks unemployment relief camps, 1931|url=http://www.qhatlas.com.au/photograph/mudgeeraba-and-currumbin-creeks-unemployment-relief-camps-1931|publisher=Department of Labour and Industry|access-date=30 November 2013|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083822/http://www.qhatlas.com.au/photograph/mudgeeraba-and-currumbin-creeks-unemployment-relief-camps-1931|url-status=live}}</ref> One aspect of the relief scheme put in place by the Queensland Government was to establish small banana plantations. In Upper Mudgeeraba, {{Convert|300|acres||abbr=}} divided into 50 blocks were made available to successful applicants to farm.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217862738 |title=MUDGEERABA BANANA SCHEME. |newspaper=The Nambucca and Bellinger News |volume=29 |issue=1446 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 January 1934 |access-date=15 May 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119214728/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217862738 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133768779 |title=MUDGEERABA. |newspaper=South Coast Bulletin |volume=5 |issue=246 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=1 September 1933 |access-date=15 May 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119214601/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133768779 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133774844 |title=THE BANANA SETTLEMENT |newspaper=South Coast Bulletin |volume=5 |issue=262 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 December 1933 |access-date=15 May 2016 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119214739/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133774844 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mudgeeraba Opportunity School opened on 1 January 1981 on the former site of the Mudgeeraba State School. In 1985, the opportunity school relocated to its current site and is now known as Mudgeeraba Special School.<ref name="qfhs" />

Somerset College opened in 1983.<ref name="qfhs" /><ref name="schis">{{cite web|url=http://www.somerset.qld.edu.au/our-college/overview/history/|title=History|publisher=Somerset College|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103650/http://www.somerset.qld.edu.au/our-college/overview/history/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Mudgeeraba Creek State School opened on 29 January 1996.<ref name="qfhs" />

Following the closure of All Saints' Anglican Church in the Chirn Park neighbourhood in Southport on 2 November 1997, the church building was relocated to become the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd at 4 Tarrant Drive, Mudgeeraba.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Closed Churches|url=https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403003329/https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|archive-date=3 April 2019|access-date=24 February 2019|website=Anglican Church of Southern Queensland}}</ref>

The Gold Coast City Council opened a public library at the Old Post Office Heritage Centre in Railway Street in 2004. However it did not attract a lot of patronage and it was decided to merge it into the Robina Library with the Mudgeeraba branch closing on 25 January 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mygc.com.au/mudgeeraba-library-close-january/|title=Mudgeeraba Library to close in January|last=Jackson|first=Cam|date=22 November 2016|website=Gold Coast City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130053446/http://www.mygc.com.au/mudgeeraba-library-close-january/|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref> The Gold Coast City Council operates a fortnightly mobile library service which visits Railway Street beside Mudgeeraba Pool.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/library/documents/Mobile-library-timetable-2018.pdf|title=Mobile Library 2018 timetable|website=Gold Coast City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130062320/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/library/documents/Mobile-library-timetable-2018.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref>

Since 2005, under the Beaches to Bushland restoration program, Gold Coast City, with the help of Austinville Landcare Group, have worked on restoration of areas of upper Mudgeeraba Creek.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bushcare and Landcare groups |url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/community/beaches-to-bushland-volunteer-restoration-program-14463.html |access-date=30 November 2013 |publisher=The City of Gold Coast |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021652/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/community/beaches-to-bushland-volunteer-restoration-program-14463.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Demographics== In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the suburb of Mudgeeraba had a population of 13,204 people, 51.3% female and 48.7% male. The median age of the Mudgeeraba population was 36 years, 1 year below the national median of 37. 69% of people living in Mudgeeraba were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 8.5%, England 6.1%, South Africa 1.7%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.7%. 88.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.7% Japanese, 0.6% German, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% Spanish.<ref name="census11">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31175|name=Mudgeeraba (State Suburb)|accessdate=14 October 2013|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the suburb of Mudgeeraba had a population of 13,624 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32068|name=Mudgeeraba (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the suburb of Mudgeeraba had a population of 14,578 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32050|name=Mudgeeraba (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref> == Heritage listings == Mudgeeraba has a number of heritage-listed sites,<ref>{{Cite web|title=City of Gold Coast history and heritage {{!}} Gold Coast Local Heritage Register|url=http://heritage.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/gold-coast-local-heritage-register|access-date=2015-08-21|website=heritage.goldcoast.qld.gov.au|archive-date=11 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911032743/http://heritage.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/gold-coast-local-heritage-register|url-status=live}}</ref> including:

* Franklin Drive (crossing Mudgeeraba Creek): Dip Crossing Bridge (Old Mudgeeraba Creek Bridge){{Hsp}}<ref>Gold Coast Local Heritage Register - A to M, pp. 31-32</ref> * Hardys Road (corner of Gold Coast Springbrook Road): Persimmon Trees, Laver Family Park{{Hsp}}<ref>Gold Coast Local Heritage Register - N to Z, pp. 93-94</ref> * 30 Hardys Road (Hinterland Regional Park): Hardy's House{{Hsp}}<ref>Gold Coast Local Heritage Register - A to M, pp. 55-56</ref> * 47 Railway Street: Wallaby Hotel (formerly Exchange Hotel){{Hsp}}<ref>Gold Coast Local Heritage Register - A to M, pp. 37-38</ref> * 57 Railway Street: Mudgeeraba Old Post Office (formerly Nerang Shire Council Chambers){{Hsp}}<ref>Gold Coast Local Heritage Register - A to M, pp. 79-80</ref> * 4 School Street: Mudgeeraba Special School (former Mudgeeraba State School){{Hsp}}<ref>Gold Coast Local Heritage Register - A to M, pp. 81-82</ref> * Mudgeeraba Creek upstream of the confluence with Bonogin Creek: Hardy's Bridge{{Hsp}}<ref>Gold Coast Local Heritage Register - A to M, pp. 53-54</ref>

== Education == thumb|Aerial photograph of Mudgeeraba State School, 2023 Mudgeeraba State School is a government primary (Preparatory to Year 6) school for boys and girls at 32–48 Old Coach Road ({{coord|-28.0740|153.3527|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mudgeeraba State School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018">{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Mudgeeraba State School |url=https://mudgeerabass.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Mudgeeraba State School |language=en |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031083044/https://mudgeerabass.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 843 students with 64 teachers (51 full-time equivalent) and 33 non-teaching staff (21 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|access-date=22 November 2018}}</ref> It includes a special education program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mudgeerass.eq.edu.au/|title=Mudgeeraba SS - Special Education Program|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=13 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213114256/http://mudgeerass.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref>thumb|Clover Hill State School, 2023Clover Hill State School is a government primary (Preparatory to Year 6) school for boys and girls on Clover Hill Drive ({{coord|-28.0917|153.3760|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Clover Hill State School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Clover Hill State School |url=https://cloverhillss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Clover Hill State School |language=en |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111030522/http://cloverhillss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 947 students with 72 teachers (60 full-time equivalent) and 26 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017" /> It includes a special education program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" />

Mudgeeraba Creek State School is a government primary (Preparatory to Year 6) school for boys and girls at Gold Coast-Springbrook Road ({{coord|-28.0867|153.3470|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mudgeeraba Creek State School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Mudgeeraba Creek State School |url=https://mudgeerabacreekss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Mudgeeraba Creek State School |language=en |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031082707/https://mudgeerabacreekss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 705 students with 61 teachers (52 full-time equivalent) and 37 non-teaching staff (24 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017" /> It includes a special education program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" />

Mudgeeraba Special School is a special primary and secondary (Preparatory to Year 12) school for boys and girls at 4–6 School Street ({{coord|-28.0778|153.3640|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mudgeeraba Special School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Mudgeeraba Special School |url=https://mudgeerabaspecs.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Mudgeeraba Special School |language=en |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031082511/https://mudgeerabaspecs.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 160 students with 42 teachers (39 full-time equivalent) and 65 non-teaching staff (40 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017" />

Somerset College is a private primary and secondary (Preparatory to Year 12) school for boys and girls at Somerset Drive ({{coord|-28.0906|153.3750|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Somerset College}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.somerset.qld.edu.au/|title=Somerset College|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=3 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203195937/https://www.somerset.qld.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,438 students with 102 teachers (99 full-time equivalent) and 98 non-teaching staff (88 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017" />

There are no government secondary schools in Mudgeeraba. The nearest government secondary school is Robina State High School in neighbouring Robina to the east.<ref name="globeschools">{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=14 February 2026 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Infrastructure == Mudgeeraba is home to the Mudgeeraba Water Treatment Plant and a pump and pipeline runs from the Little Nerang Dam to the Water Treatment Plant operated by SEQWater. An above-ground pipeline runs from the WTP through Mudgeeraba to Tugun and Molendinar.<ref>{{Cite web|title=South East Queensland Water Projects|url=http://www.dilgp.qld.gov.au/resources/map/south-east/seq-water-grid-map.pdf|access-date=13 June 2017|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131023139/http://www.dilgp.qld.gov.au/resources/map/south-east/seq-water-grid-map.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Amenities == The Gold Coast City Council provides the Old Post Office (formerly the Mudgeeraba Library) to community groups and activities for both adults and children involving computing, technology, robotics etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/library/mudgeeraba-10099.html|title=Mudgeeraba Library|website=Gold Coast City Council|access-date=30 January 2018|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204408/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/library/mudgeeraba-10099.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Springbrook Mudgeeraba branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Bill Deacon Pavilion, Mudgeeraba Showgrounds at 115 Mudgeeraba Road, Worongary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The headquarters of one of Australia's largest car clubs, Kustoms of Australia, is based in Mudgeeraba and has a building within the Gold Coast Historical precinct.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kustoms of Australia – Gold Coast Car Club|url=https://www.kustomsofaustralia.com/|access-date=2020-08-27|language=en-GB|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827042755/https://www.kustomsofaustralia.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

St Benedict's Catholic Church is at 2 Wallaby Drive ({{Coord|-28.0975|153.3561|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mary Mother of Mercy Catholic Church}}). It is part of the Burleigh Heads Catholic Parish within the Archdiocese of Brisbane.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Churches|url=http://www.burleighheadscatholic.com.au/churches.php#burleigh-heads|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211221159/http://burleighheadscatholic.com.au/churches.php#burleigh-heads|archive-date=11 December 2021|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Burleigh Heads Catholic Parish}}</ref>

== Sport and recreation == A number of sporting teams represent the area, including the Mudgeeraba Redbacks, the local rugby league club who play home games at Firth Park, the Hinterland District Netball Association who run a large competition on Saturday mornings for players 5yrs to 17yrs and Monday nights for 13yrs to opens at Firth Park, Somerset Drive, Mudgeeraba, the Mudgeeraba Lawn Bowls Club situated just behind the Rugby Club, and the Mudgeeraba Soccer Club. Mudgeeraba Spartans Junior AFL Club plays their home games at Somerset College.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}

The starting point for the annual {{convert|96|km}} cross-country Kokoda Challenge is in Mudgeeraba.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/c5a25c_230d16447f6f42e18a2a124578ed8265.pdf|title=Kokoda Challenge, 2018 Gold Coast 48km & 96km course map|website=Kokoda Challenge|access-date=20 October 2018|archive-date=20 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020140745/https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/c5a25c_230d16447f6f42e18a2a124578ed8265.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Notable people ==<!-- list sorted alphabetically by surname --> *Darius Boyd rugby league player{{Citation needed|date=April 2026|reason=needs the connection of the person to Mudgeeraba and a citation for that claim}} *Richard Clapton, musician{{Citation needed|date=April 2026|reason=needs the connection of the person to Mudgeeraba and a citation for that claim}} * d'Arcy Doyle, artist{{Citation needed|date=April 2026|reason=needs the connection of the person to Mudgeeraba and a citation for that claim}} * Lyndon Dykes; Scottish international footballer{{Citation needed|date=April 2026|reason=needs the connection of the person to Mudgeeraba and a citation for that claim}} * Ryan Johnson, actor{{Citation needed|date=April 2026|reason=needs the connection of the person to Mudgeeraba and a citation for that claim}} * Denan Kemp, former rugby league player and owner of "Bloke in a Bar"{{Citation needed|date=April 2026|reason=needs the connection of the person to Mudgeeraba and a citation for that claim}} * Bob McMaster{{Citation needed|date=April 2026|reason=needs the connection of the person to Mudgeeraba and a citation for that claim}} *Matthew Saunoa, 2006 ''New Zealand Idol'' champion * Anna Torv, actress{{Citation needed|date=April 2026|reason=needs the connection of the person to Mudgeeraba and a citation for that claim}}<!-- list sorted alphabetically by surname -->

== References == {{reflist|2}}

=== Sources ===

* {{Cite web|title=Gold Coast Local Heritage Register - A to M|url=https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/documents/bf/local-heritage-register-a-m.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826202532/https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/documents/bf/local-heritage-register-a-m.pdf|archive-date=26 August 2020|access-date=26 August 2020|website=Gold Coast City Council}} * {{Cite web|title=Gold Coast Local Heritage Register - N to Z|url=https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/documents/bf/gc-local-heritage-register-n-z.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826202123/https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/documents/bf/gc-local-heritage-register-n-z.pdf|archive-date=26 August 2020|access-date=26 August 2020|website=Gold Coast City Council}}

== Further reading ==

* {{cite book |url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma997117234702061 |title=Mudgeeraba State School Jubilee - 1915-1965 |date=1965 |publisher=Mudgeeraba State School |via=}} * {{cite book |url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma997277124702061 |title=Bush schools and golden rules : the spirit of Mudgeeraba State School / by Robyn Burrows |vauthors=((Burrows, R.)) |date=1992 |publisher=Boolarong Pub. |isbn=064608626X}} * {{cite book |url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma9913770184702061 |title=Mudgeeraba memories : memories of Mudgeeraba, Bonogin, Austinville and Springbrook areas / [edited by] Beryl Roberts. |vauthors=((Roberts, B.)) |date=2011 |publisher=Q.V. Books Queensland |isbn=9780987231505 |edition=2nd}}

== External links == {{Commons category|Mudgeeraba, Queensland}} * {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/mudgeeraba|title=Mudgeeraba|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}} * {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-mudgeeraba-1985.jpg|title=Town map of Mudgeeraba|date=1985|publisher=Queensland Government}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/mudgeeraba-history-2667.html|title=Mudgeeraba History|publisher=Gold Coast City Council}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/library/mudgeeraba-10099.html|title=Mudgeeraba Branch Library|publisher=Gold Coast City Council}} * {{cite web|url=http://heritage.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/See-and-do/heritage-walks-and-trails/mudgeeraba-heritage-walk|title=Mudgeeraba Heritage Walk|publisher=Gold Coast City Council}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.gchheritagemuseum.org.au/|title=Gold Coast Hinterland Heritage Museum}}

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