Isle of Capri, Queensland

Isle of Capri
Suburb
Isle of Capri, 2020
Isle of Capri
Coordinates: 28°00′42″S153°25′28″E / 28.0117°S 153.4244°E / -28.0117; 153.4244
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
City	Gold Coast
LGA	City of Gold Coast
Location	2.0 km (1.2 mi) N of Surfers Paradise (centre of suburb) 6.3 km (3.9 mi) SSE of Southport 78.7 km (48.9 mi) SSE of Brisbane CBD
Government
•  State electorate	Surfers Paradise
•  Federal division	Moncrieff
Time zone	UTC+10:00 (AEST)
Postcode	4217

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

History

Isle of Capri, 1974

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