Oxenford (Queensland)

Oxenford
Road through Oxenford
State :  Australia State : Queensland
Coordinates : 27 ° 54 ′  S , 153 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 27 ° 54 ′  S , 153 ° 19 ′  E Area : 13.9  km²
Residents : 11,842 (2016) Population density : 852 inhabitants per km² LGA : Gold Coast City
Oxenford

Oxenford is a suburb of the Gold Coast city in Queensland , Australia . It is about eight miles from Southport . As of the 2016 census, Oxenford had 11,842 residents. The east boundaries of the suburb form the Coomera River and Pacific Motorway . In the west, the Coomera River borders the suburb, which can be crossed on the Coomera River Causeway .

Surname

The suburb was named after William Oxenford, who settled on the Coomera River in 1869 and built a farm there. In 1879 he was a member of the first council of Coomera.

history

The South Coast Railway ran from 1889 with a stop in Oxenford between Beenleigh and Southport. There was also a ferry across the Coomera River. The Oxenford Hotel was on the south bank.

Intensive development began in the 1980s. In 1987 a primary school was built. The amusement water park Wet'n'Wild Water World was built in 1984 and the theme park Warner Bros. Movie World , the only-based films theme park in Australia, followed in 1991. In 1995, the primary school Gaven built, according to an agricultural pioneer and the neighboring district of Gaven named has been.

There are two shopping centers on the Pacific Motorway, about one kilometer south of the Oxenford Hotel, now called the Oxenford Tavern.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Oxenford ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Oxenford , on queenslandplaces.com.au. Retrieved March 8, 2016