Isle of Capri, Queensland

Isle of Capri
Gold Coast, Queensland
Isle of Capri
Coordinates28°00′42″S 153°25′28″E / 28.01167°S 153.42444°E / -28.01167; 153.42444
Postcode(s)4217
LGA(s)City of Gold Coast
State electorate(s)Surfers Paradise
Federal division(s)Moncrieff

The 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 Bruce Small took over 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]

The original 1960 two lane bridge between the Isle of Capri and Surfers Paradise was replaced by a four lane bridge in 2022.[6]

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? 92.5 Triple M Gold
  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.
  6. ^ Isle of Capri Bridge Georgiou Group
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