Ko te Gold Coast te kainga tupuna o te maha o nga iwi taketake o te iwi Yugambeh, tae atu ki te Kombumerri, Bullongin, me nga whanau Tulgi-gi-gin. Ko Lieutenant James Cook te Pakeha tuatahi ki te tuhi i te rohe i a ia e rere ana i te takutai i te 16 o Mei 1770 i roto i te HMS Endeavour. Ko Kapene Matthew Flinders, he kairangahau e whakaatu ana i te whenua ki te raki mai i te koroni o New South Wales, i rere i mua i te 1802. Ko nga kairangahau i mawhiti mai i te whakataunga whiu o Moreton Bay i te rohe. I noho huna te rohe kaore i nohoia e nga Pakeha tae noa ki te 1823 i te wa i tae mai ai te kairangahau a John Oxley ki Mermaid Beach, i tapaina i muri i tana kitenga i tetahi kaikawe i tapaina ko Merma. I kukume nga tangata ki te rohe i waenganui o te rautau 19 Question: What sea creature was named after the beach?
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