Oxley, Victoria

Oxley Victoria
Oxley Shire Hall, built in 1875
Oxley
Population:	289[1]
Postcode:	3678
Location:	251 km (156 mi) NE of Melbourne 13 km (8 mi) SE of Wangaratta
LGA:	Rural City of Wangaratta
State District:	Murray Valley
Federal Division:	Indi

Oxley is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Snow Road, 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of Wangaratta, in the Rural City of Wangaratta. At the 2006 census, Oxley had a population of 289.^[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. ^[2] The township served as the administrative centre of Oxley Shire until 1936.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Oxley (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL240700&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 27 June 2010. 
2. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11 

Jones, Graham (1995) Memories of Oxley, Charquin Hill Publishing.

External links

• Australian Places: Oxley

Coordinates: 36°26′S 146°23′E / 36.433°S 146.383°E / -36.433; 146.383