Kingsholme, Queensland


Kingsholme is a locality in City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
A small portion of the northeastern boundary of the locality follows the Pacific Motorway.

History

Named by James Murtha Circa 1869. Originally from County Cork, Ireland, he named his property, Kingsholme. Other notable pioneering families included the Thomson family who emigrated from Scotland in 1889.
Historically, farming families grew bananas, sugar cane and arrowroot. Some supplemented their farm income with dairying or sawmilling. Today, many former farms have been sub divided.
In the 2011 census, Kingsholme had a population of 281 people.