Johan Meyer
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Johann Heinrich Casper Meyer (also known as Johan and John Henry Casper Meyer) (??-1901) was a
region.Johan Meyer arrived in Australia from Germany around 1854 on the Aurora which was shipwrecked on Moreton Island. He did not immediately settle on the Gold Coast but spent time elsewhere, including in Sydney and Rockhampton. In 1858 he married the youngest daughter of Richard Pearson of Armidale, New South Wales before returning to Brisbane with his family to continue work as a builder and contractor and also entering the hotel trade.[1]
In 1875, Johan Meyer met a Mr. Beattie (also known as Beatty) at the Commercial Hotel in Brisbane. On learning that Johan Meyer was looking for land, he offered to sell the eighty acres he held on the
Initially developing a
His Main Beach Hotel became a postal receiving office in 1889 which was officially called Elston (later renamed Surfers Paradise). In 1893, the hotel burned down and was only partially covered by insurance.[4] During the 1890s, Johan Meyer's business went into decline and he faced financial ruin.
Johan Meyer died at the Southport Railway Station on Friday 18 October 1901.
Notes
- ^ "MR. MEYER". The Week. Vol. LII, no. 1, 350. Brisbane. 8 November 1901. p. 27. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- South Coast Bulletin. No. 482. Queensland. 9 April 1947. p. 13. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MR. MEYER". The Week. Vol. LII, no. 1, 350. Brisbane. 8 November 1901. p. 27. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ 'Fire at Southport: Main Beach Hotel destroyed', Brisbane Courier, Tuesday 19 September 1893, p. 4
- ^ Report of the death of Mr. Meyer, Brisbane Courier, Saturday 19 October 1901, p. 14
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