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