Hope Island, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Hope Island
city = Gold Coast
state = Queensland


caption =
lga = Gold Coast City
postcode = 4212
est =
pop = 5,396
area =
propval =
stategov = Hope Island
fedgov = Moncrieff
near-nw = Coomera
near-n = Sanctuary Cove
near-ne = Southern Moreton Bay Islands
near-w = Coomera
near-e = Paradise Point
near-sw = Helensvale
near-s = Helensvale
near-se = Paradise Point
dist1 =
location1=

Hope Island is an area in the city of the Gold Coast that is located roughly north of Runaway Bay. The area was named after colonial aristocrat Captain Louis Hope, who was granted approximately convert|1800|acre|km2 of land at the mouth of the Coomera River in recognition of his contribution in developing the sugar industry in Queensland.

After arriving in Moreton Bay in 1848, Hope spent the next 20 years building sugar plantations on the edge of Moreton Bay. The development of a sugar plantation called ‘Rockholm’ on the Island was largely undertaken by the Grimes Family. By the twentieth century, the sugar and arrowroot plantation had passed into the hands of the Sheehan and Davidson families. Hope himself never actually lived in the suburb of Hope Island, preferring to live in Ormiston on the edge of Moreton Bay.

Hope Island is currently undergoing major strategic planning by developers, together with the Gold Coast City Council. Some development components / master planning considers complements of mixed use, commercial and residential developments.

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