Oxley is a south-western suburb of
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located approximately 11 km from the
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. It was named after the early Australian explorer
John OxleyThis article is about the person. For the Australian pilot ship, see John Oxley .John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of English colonisation....
. The suburb supports a mix of residential, retail and industrial land use.
Oxley is bounded to the north by the
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and
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flows along the eastern edge. In the east the environment is shaped by flood plains, which experience major flooding and flash-flooding.
Oxley is a south-western suburb of
BrisbaneBrisbane is the state capital of the Australian state of Queensland and is the largest city in that state. With an estimated population of approximately 2 million, it is also the third most populous city in Australia....
located approximately 11 km from the
Brisbane CBDThe Brisbane central business district , or 'the City' is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia and is located on a point on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. The triangular shaped area is bounded by the Brisbane River to the east, south and west...
. It was named after the early Australian explorer
John OxleyThis article is about the person. For the Australian pilot ship, see John Oxley .John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of English colonisation....
. The suburb supports a mix of residential, retail and industrial land use.
Oxley is bounded to the north by the
Brisbane RiverThe Brisbane River is the longest river in southeast Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. The river is dammed by the Wivenhoe Dam, forming Lake Wivenhoe, the main water supply for Brisbane...
and
Oxley CreekOxley Creek is situated in south east Queensland, Australia and is one of the major tributaries of the Brisbane River with an estimated 260 square kilometres in area...
flows along the eastern edge. In the east the environment is shaped by flood plains, which experience major flooding and flash-flooding. Western parts are characterised by rolling hills with
clayClay is a naturally occurring material composed primarily of fine-grained minerals, which show plasticity through a variable range of water content, and which can be hardened when dried and/or fired...
-laden soils.
Features
Oxley has two
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s and a golf driving range—Oxley Golf Course located on Boundary Road, and Corinda Golf Course located on Cliveden Avenue, the latter of which has now been purchased by Brisbane Boys College as their playing fields along with the driving range. Oxley also contains a lawn bowls club, the Canossa Private Hospital, the Queensland Police Service's training academy, two highway motels, a war memorial, post office, mosque and numerous churches.
Stores include an
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supermarket, a smaller
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grocery store and a McDonalds restaurant. Retailers with outlets in Oxley include
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,
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,
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, Super A-mart,
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and there is a
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liquor store. The suburb has two petrol service stations and a few landscaping material suppliers in the western parts of the suburb. With an easily accessed supply of clay in the area PGH Bricks & Pavers has one of two Queensland production plants located here.
The old Austral Bricks
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site in Douglas Street, as well as two other plots of vacant land in the area have been converted to residental estates, providing significant housing to a
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and growing city, where strong demand is not being met by supply. The quarry was originally owned by Brittain Bricks. For many years the site was a brickworks, sourcing clay directly from adjacent pits. After production stopped, the kiln stack remained intact. During the mid 1990's the tall structure was removed as it was attracting lighting strike.
Transport
The
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traverses Oxley and the train from Brisbane to
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has an
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, and is connected to a number of suburbs via bus services. A CityExpress bus stop on Blunder Road links
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to the inner city using
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. Oxley Road connects the Ipswich Motorway to the suburb of
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via the Walter Taylor Bridge.
Demographics
According to the 2006 Australian Census the suburb has a population of 6,376 persons. 89% of the population are Australian citizens, with 26% born overseas. The median household income in Oxley is AUS$1,115 per week, just above the national median. 91% of houses in the suburb are stand alone, including many
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s while 7% are apartments and 2% consist of townhouses. The median house price is valued at AUS$ 409,000.
History
The first land sale that covered parts of today's Oxley occurred in 1851. Oxley once covered a larger area including the suburbs of
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,
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and
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to the north. It extended to the south into the current suburbs of
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and
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. The first subdivision of residential lands occurred in 1864 near Douglas Street. Although the railway through the suburb connected Oxley to the rest of Brisbane it was the road to Ipswich that defined the suburb's early development. The suburb was a stop-over point on the Cobb & Co coach route west to the Darling Downs.
In 1870 the first school in Oxley was opened. The railway station was opened in 1874. This led to the establishment of a second subdivision in 1876, referred to as the Township of Oxley which was centered around the train station. It consisted of 140 allotments with the lower ones experiencing periodic inundation. In the same year the construction of the first
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was completed. Dairying became common in the area during the 1890s. Major flooding in 1893 halted housing construction in the lower parts of Oxley for many years.