Molendinar

George Hope had a farm that he called ‘Molendinar Burn’ after a stream that once flowed through Glasgow, his place of birth.  In 1891 a railway station was built on Hope’s land and named Molendinar Station.  (McRobbie, Alexander, Gold Coast Heritage, p37) 

 ‘Jerringan’ is the aboriginal word for Molendinar meaning string bark tree. (Hanlon, W.E.  The Early Settlement of the Logan and Albert District)

Molendinar:  Today is largely an industrial precinct. The Molendinar Industrial Estate, located south-west of Southport, was a Queensland State Government project supported by the local councils,  with the first stage of  development undertaken around 1969.

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