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The Shire of Nerang was a local government area in South East Queensland, Australia. The shire existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.

Schmidt Farmhouse & Outbuildings is a heritage-listed homestead at 3 Worongary Road, Worongary, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1880s to c. 1910. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 8 April 1997.

Merrimac railway station is a planned railway station on the Gold Coast Line in Queensland, Australia. It will serve the Gold Coast suburbs of Merrimac, Worongary and Carrara, and will be located between Nerang and Robina stations.

Tallai is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Tallai had a population of 4,150 people.

Highland Park is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Highland Park had a population of 6,574 people.

William Duncan State School (WDSS) is a public co-educational primary school located in the City of Gold Coast suburb of Highland Park, Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 570 students and a teaching staff of 45, as of 2023. The school serves students from Prep to Year 6, and was named after William Duncan, one of the first white settlers in the Nerang area.

Queensland Independent College was a private, primary school in Merrimac, Gold Coast, Australia. It was founded in 2008 as the Queensland Montessori College, with a view to creating a sustainable school to replace a previous Montessori school that had closed down. The first intake of students occurred at the start of 2009. The school closed down in June 2017, most of the students were migrated to Silkwood (school) at the beginning of the second term of the 2017 school year. The school was coeducational, non-denominational and emphasised specialised educational attention in a relaxed, supportive environment. It originally focused on the Montessori method of education, a child-centric method of teaching that focused on independence, self-discipline and thinking skills, with light external control of the children. As the curriculum evolved it sought the same aims by including Dewey's progressive education, integrated curriculum, Kolb's VAK & experiential learning, Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and Harvard University's Teaching for Understanding, in order to "incorporate the positive aspects of each to fully engage all learners at all times." Prior to closing, the school covered Montessori cycles 1 to 3 (Prep to Year 7: up to age 12).

Merrimac ( MERR-i-mack) is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Merrimac had a population of 7,071 people.

Carrara () is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Carrara had a population of 12,060 people.

Palm Meadows International Baseball Facility is an Australian baseball field located on the Gold Coast, Queensland. It is owned by Hungtat Worldwide Pty Ltd (Trading as Palm Meadows Golf course) and is leased through Gold Coast city council. It is currently home to the Major League Baseball Australian Academy Program (MLBAAP). The stadium is widely regarded as one of Australia's premium baseball facilities and was used by the gold medal United States national baseball team for their successful pre-Olympic Games training in 2000. It has also been home to the Gold Coast Clippers and Daikyo Dolphins when they played in the now defunct Australian Baseball League and International Baseball League of Australia. It has also been a training facility for the Australia national baseball team, Canada national baseball team, Queensland Rams and various Korean and Japanese teams as well as being the host of the 2008 Olympic Games Qualification, Senior and Junior Oceanic Championships, Australian Baseball Federation Diamond Awards and several goodwill series as part of the MLBAAP program.

The Grand Golf Club is a privately–owned and membership–based golf club located in the suburb of Gilston in the Gold Coast hinterland of South East Queensland, Australia. While the street address is located in Gilston, the course is located on the opposite side of the Nerang River in Advancetown. It hosted the Australian Open in 2001, won by Stuart Appleby, an Australian. The Grand Golf Club has its entrance at 364 Gilston Road, Gilston. Most of the course is in neighbouring Advancetown, accessed by a bridge over the Nerang River. This private club has a 19-hole golf course designed by Greg Norman at a cost of A$30 million for its then Japanese owners. The course opened in 1990; however with no funds available for the daily operation of the course, it closed in dramatic circumstances after just one day. The course stayed untouched for five years and became unkempt and overgrown before a consortium of Australian business people acquired the course and established The Grand Golf Club. After 18 months of restoration, led by Norman, the course was re-opened in 1997 by Greg Norman. In 2004 and again in 2006 the course was ranked by Golf Australia within the top 35 golf courses in Australia.

Mudgeeraba ( MUH-jə-rə-bah) is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the suburb of Mudgeeraba had a population of 13,624 people.Mudgeeraba's essential character remains one of a nineteenth-century village, and contains important evidence of its earlier form and building. Most older houses are situated on large blocks of 0.5 acres (2,000 m2) to 2 acres (8,100 m2), alongside much larger farming properties situated in the area.