Bilinga
Bilinga was located on the Nerang Tweed Railway line and after the Crown Land auctions, a rail siding was approved for the site in 1919. By 1923 the nucleus of settlement had formed when Percy Henzel opened a general store near the rail siding. By the late 1920s, the new coastal motor road improved access to the area for holiday makers and residents.
Taken from a Yugambeh word, 'Bilinba' meaning bats.
Originally, Bilinga was the name of a peak on the McPherson Range. It was adopted by the Queensland Lands Department in 1918 as a place name for Crown land north of Coolangatta. The land was progressivley auctioned after 1915.
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