In 1959, a new brick church (the current church) was built, with the old church being relocated to Gilston and coverted into a house. However, a shortage of money prevented the design being fully built with many aspects incomplete at the time of the opening.
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The plans for the church were supplied for free by architectal firm Banks and Carandini. On Sunday 12 June 1887, Bishop William Webber officially opened St Peter's Anglican Church in Nerang Street on a site bequeathed to the church by Mr Pardoe. On 1 July 1882, it became Southport State School. Southport Provisional School opened on 17 February 1880. Early rural industries included sugar growing and livestock grazing. Cutting timber opened up the area for settlement. A port was established to ship logs to Brisbane. Southport was once the site of timber mills. Ī settlement was first surveyed in 1874 and the name Southport decided the following year. Originally known as Nerang Creek Heads, it was named Southport because it was the southernmost port of the colony of Queensland. Raymond Paul (Ray) Newlyn was a Southport resident and a Commander in the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association he died on 18 October 1997, It was gazetted on 11 January 2002.
It is an east-to-west channel across The Broadwater to Main Beach avoiding two large sandbanks. He was involved with rowing for over 50 years. It was named in honour of Jeremy King (3 March 1935 - 13 October 2010) for his coaching, involvement and dedication to the sport of rowing within the Southport district. Southport is bounded to the south-east by the Nerang River ( 27★8′32″S 153☂5′21″E / 27.9756°S 153.4225☎ / -27.9756 153.4225 ( Nerang River (mouth))), where it flows into The Broadwater, the southernmost end of Moreton Bay, which then bounds the suburb to the north-east.