Isle of Capri, Queensland explained

Type:	suburb
Isle of Capri
City:	Gold Coast
State:	qld
Coordinates:	-28.0117°N 153.4244°W
Lga:	City of Gold Coast
Postcode:	4217
Stategov:	Surfers Paradise
Fedgov:	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]

Notes and References

1. 28 May 2021.
2. Web site: Gold Coast Suburbs: What did they used to look like?. Triple M Queensland. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. 17 June 2019.
3. Web site: The Making of Surfers Paradise. Queensland University of Technology. British Australian Studies Association. 1 February 2021.
4. Web site: Gold Coast Stories - Bruce Small. City of Gold Coast. 28 March 2021.
5. Web site: Surfers Paradise the Gold Coast’s most expensive suburb. realestate.com.au. 30 May 2021.