Oxley, Victoria
Town in Victoria, Australia
36°26′S 146°23′E / 36.433°S 146.383°E / -36.433; 146.383- 252 km (157 mi) NE of Melbourne
- 13.1 km (8 mi) SE of Wangaratta
Oxley is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Snow Road, 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of Wangaratta, in the Rural City of Wangaratta. At the 2016 census, Oxley had a population of 631.[1]
Oxley derives its name from the Oxley Plains, which were named in 1824 by the explorers Hume and Hovell after John Oxley, the Surveyor-General of New South Wales. Oxley Post Office opened on 1 January 1870. An earlier office named Oxley became Milawa.[2] The township served as the administrative centre of the Shire of Oxley until 1936.
References
- ^ a b "2016 Census QuickStats Oxley (Vic.)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 23 March 2021
Jones, Graham (1995) Memories of Oxley, Charquin Hill Publishing.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oxley, Victoria.
- Australian Places: Oxley
- Oxley, Victoria community website
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Localities in the Rural City of Wangaratta
- Cheshunt
- Eldorado
- Glenrowan^
- Killawarra
- Laceby
- Markwood
- Milawa
- Moyhu
- North Wangaratta
- Oxley
- Springhurst
- Tarrawingee
- Tolmie^
- Waldara
- Wangandary
- Wangaratta South
- Whitfield
- Whorouly
- Bobinawarrah
- Boorhaman
- Boorhaman East
- Boorhaman North
- Boralma
- Boweya^
- Bowmans Forest
- Bowser
- Byawatha
- Carboor
- Cheshunt South
- Docker
- Dockers Plains
- East Wangaratta
- Edi
- Edi Upper
- Everton
- Everton Upper
- Greta
- Greta South
- Greta West
- Hansonville
- King Valley
- Londrigan
- Meadow Creek
- Murmungee
- Myrrhee
- Oxley Flats
- Peechelba^
- Peechelba East
- Rose River
- Wabonga
- Whitlands
- Whorouly East
- Whorouly South
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