History Steiglitz, Queensland



bethlehem lutheran church gathering, pimpama island (carl heinrich heck centre of middle row)


the district named after stegelitz, germany, home town of pioneer family kleingschmidt.


in late 1800s, farming district located between pimpama river , logan river called pimpama island , encompasses modern localities of jacobs well, norwell, steiglitz , woongoolba. referred island because there number of lagoons , swamps isolated area during wet season; however, disadvantage made land growing sugar cane.



rocky point sugar mill, woongoolba , steiglitz, 2014


the rocky point sugar mill established carl heinrich heck in 1878 on mill road (and crosses boundary between woongoolba , steiglitz). despite being 1 of oldest sugar mills in australia, still privately owned heck group. there once other sugar mills in area, have closed , rocky point has expanded replace lost capacity.









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