Gold Coast Techspace

Gold Coast Techspace
Formation 2011
Type Hackerspace
Purpose Hacking
Location
Coordinates -28.0800734,153.3631283
Official language
English
Founders
 Steve Dalton, Lucas Brandt, Nick Byrne
Affiliations Xinchejian, Wearable – IoT World
Staff
9
Website gctechspace.org

The Gold Coast Techspace is a Makerspace/Hackerspace and education centre focusing on Electronics, computer programming, and 3D printing.[1][2] It is currently located at the Mudgeeraba Old Post Office, Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Gold Coast Techspace is a central component of the Gold Coast startup ecosystem[3] and has a sister relationship with Xinchejian, Shanghai, China.[4]

History

The space was started by a group of local technologists in 2011 out of frustration at there being a lack of places for local people on the Gold Coast to learn and share technology skills and knowledge. Shortly after acquiring their first location in Johnston St, Southport, Gold Coast Techspace was incorporated as a Queensland Incorporated Association (Not for profit) and has operated this way since. The Tech Space has had a number of homes since:

For a while the Gold Coast TechSpace also ran the first co-working space on the Gold Coast – Gold Coast Coworking.[5] As more Coworking spaces emerged on the Gold Coast such as Silicon Lakes and co-Spaces, the coworking space was closed to allow the space to focus on its core activities.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Adopted Report for the Economic Development and Tourism Committee Meeting Held on Thursday, 20 March 2014" (PDF). City of Gold Coast Council. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Gold Coast TechSpace". gctechspace.org. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  3. ↑ "South East Queensland 2014 Startup Ecosystem Report" (PDF). qld.gov.au. Queensland Government.
  4. ↑ "2013–2014 Presidents Report". http://gctechspace.org. Retrieved 6 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ Michelle, Hammond. "New Gold Coast co-working space opens its doors". Startup Smart. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
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