Carrara, Queensland
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Carrara is a suburb on the Gold Coast
in Queensland
, Australia
, located on the southern bank of the Nerang River
. At the 2006 Census, Carrara had a population of 10,687.
It is most known as being the home of Carrara Stadium
(also known as Metricon Stadium), the purpose built cricket
and Australian rules football
ground where the Gold Coast Suns
began playing matches in 2011, as well as the Carrara Markets.
The name Carrara comes from the Aboriginal word 'Karara' meaning 'long flat'.http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard2.aspx?pid=998
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, located on the southern bank of the Nerang River
Nerang River
The Nerang River is a river that begins in the McPherson Range in the Gold Coast hinterland and runs through Gold Coast City in South East Queensland, Australia...
. At the 2006 Census, Carrara had a population of 10,687.
It is most known as being the home of Carrara Stadium
Carrara Stadium
Carrara Stadium is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara....
(also known as Metricon Stadium), the purpose built cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
ground where the Gold Coast Suns
Gold Coast Suns
The Gold Coast Suns were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The club split their home games between Miami and Pompano Beach, FL and hired future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver as manager. In the league's inaugural season, the...
began playing matches in 2011, as well as the Carrara Markets.
The name Carrara comes from the Aboriginal word 'Karara' meaning 'long flat'.http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard2.aspx?pid=998