| Type: | town |
| Oxley | |
| State: | vic |
| Use Lga Map: | yes |
| Coordinates: | -36.4333°N 169°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Lga: | Rural City of Wangaratta |
| Postcode: | 3678 |
| Pop: | 631 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Stategov: | Ovens Valley |
| Fedgov: | Indi |
| Dist1: | 252 |
| Dir1: | NE |
| Location1: | Melbourne |
| Dist2: | 13.1 |
| Dir2: | SE |
| Location2: | Wangaratta |
Oxley is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Snow Road, 13km (08miles) south-east of Wangaratta, in the Rural City of Wangaratta. At the, Oxley had a population of 631.[1]
Oxley derives its name from the Oxley Plains, which were named in 1824 by the explorers Hume and Hovell after John Oxley, the Surveyor-General of New South Wales. Oxley Post Office opened on 1 January 1870. An earlier office named Oxley became Milawa.The township served as the administrative centre of the Shire of Oxley until 1936.
Jones, Graham (1995) Memories of Oxley, Charquin Hill Publishing.