Oxley is a town in
Victoria,
Australia, located on Snow Road, south-east of
Wangaratta, in the
Rural City of Wangaratta. At the , Oxley had a population of 631.
[
Oxley derives its name from the ]Oxley Plains Oxley may refer to:
Places
Australia
Australian Capital Territory
* Oxley, Australian Capital Territory is a suburb of Canberra, Australia
Queensland
*Oxley, Queensland is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia
**Oxley railway station, Brisbane ...
, which were named in 1824 by the explorers Hume and Hovell after John Oxley, the Surveyor-General of New South Wales
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. Oxley Post Office opened on 1 January 1870. An earlier office named Oxley became Milawa
Milawa is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Snow Road, south-east of Wangaratta, in the Rural City of Wangaratta. At the , Milawa had a population of 588. It is at the northern end of the King Valley wine region, between the King Ri ...
.
References
Jones, Graham (1995) Memories of Oxley, Charquin Hill Publishing.
External links
Australian Places: OxleyOxley, Victoria community website
Towns in Victoria (state)
Rural City of Wangaratta
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