Isle of Capri, Queensland

Isle of Capri Gold Coast, Queensland
2020
Isle of Capri
Coordinates	28°00′42″S 153°25′28″E
Postcode(s)	4217
LGA(s)	City of Gold Coast
State electorate(s)	Surfers Paradise
Federal division(s)	Moncrieff

Isle of Capri is a neighbourhood within the suburb of Surfers Paradise in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[1]

History

The area served as a sugar harvest for the nearby Benowa Sugar Mill in the late 1800s and early 1900s[2] before becoming a dairy. In the 1950s, local Italian-Australian Efim Zola began a canal development project which involved raising unused farmland[3] 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.[4]

As of the early 2000s, the Isle of Capri is considered an affluent neighbourhood of the Gold Coast.[5]

References

1. "Isle of Capri – neighbourhood in the City of Gold Coast (entry 16879)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
2. "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.
3. "The Making of Surfers Paradise" (PDF). Queensland University of Technology. British Australian Studies Association. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
4. "Gold Coast Stories - Bruce Small". City of Gold Coast. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
5. "Surfers Paradise the Gold Coast's most expensive suburb". realestate.com.au. Retrieved 30 May 2021.