Isle Of Capri, Queensland
Isle of Capri is a neighbourhood within the suburb of Surfers Paradise in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
History
The area served as a sugar harvest for the nearby Benowa Sugar Mill in the late 1800s and early 1900s before becoming a dairy. In the 1950s, local Italian-Australian Efim Zola began a canal development project which involved raising unused farmland and renamed the area Isle of Capri after Capri island in Italy. Future Gold Coast Mayor Sir Bruce Small overtook the project in 1958 and completed unfinished developments.
As of the early 2000s, the Isle of Capri is considered an affluent neighbourhood of the Gold Coast.
References
- ^ "Isle of Capri – neighbourhood in the City of Gold Coast (entry 16879)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Gold Coast Suburbs: What did they used to look like?". Triple M Queensland. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "The Making of Surfers Paradise" (PDF). Queensland University of Technology. British Australian Studies Association. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Gold Coast Stories - Bruce Small". City of Gold Coast. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Surfers Paradise the Gold Coast's most expensive suburb". realestate.com.au. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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