In the Oxley district was held under lease by Thomas Boyland and the area was known as Boyland's Pocket. His leasehold was subdivided for small farms in the early s.
There were a hotel, racecourse and post office by , and non-denominational and Presbyterian churches by Many of the farmers grew sugar cane, and in a cane crushing plant, the 'Walrus' floating sugar mill and a distillery were operating on Oxley Creek. Farming diversified into dairying and bacon processing in the s. Oxley primary school signified the growth of the local farming community, but it was the opening of the railway, linking Brisbane and Ipswich in , that provided a nucleus for a township.
Oxley had two areas of settlement, Ipswich Road with the hotel, police station and nearby school, and the station where new houses tended to be built. The Duporth 'ladies' school moved from Brisbane to Oxley in , taking an attractive rural site that would be used as an Ursuline convent between and and the Canossa Hospital On Oxley's south-west border Brittains brickworks began operation, stamping its industrial footprint on neighbouring Darra.
Away from the small settlement areas, Oxley was rural. A hunt club was active, ploughing matches were held and a sailing club operated near the wharf at the end of Fort Street. There was also a Church of England half way between the station and Ipswich Road. By the early s the Oxley district's population approached Being close to the Ipswich Road gives it good access to the Logan Motorway and hence the Gold Coast is quite accessible.
Oxley has two golf courses and a golf driving range. Source: REIQ. About Our Area Oxley. It is named after Oxley Creek which was first marked by John Oxley during his explorations of Oxley originally named the watercourse Canoe Creek but soon after this, Edmund Lockyer, during his survey of the Brisbane River, named it Oxley Creek in honour of his predecessor.
The area that is now known as Oxley has been an important place to Aboriginal people for thousands of years. The banks of Benarrawa, the original name for Oxley Creek, were home to clans such as the Yerongpan and Chepora, part of the Yugara and Yugarabul peoples. Surrounded by dense forest and abundant wildlife like Kangaroos Murri , Koalas Dumbirrbi , Turtles Binkin , and Black Swans Marutchi , This area also served as a Kul'gun Transit trail for other clans travelling throughout the region.
Many traditional land management and hunting techniques were used around Benarrawa, such as firestick farming and the use of ingenious fishing methods like traps and chemical stunning. The Oxley Creek Catchment Association has much more information on pre-settlement Oxley, and you can also find out more about First Nations history and language through out interactive map here. Field naturalists excursion on Oxley Creek, State Library of Queensland.
Negative number: A significant portion of the area now encompassing Oxley was originally leased by Thomas Boyland, in the early s, with the area being known as Boyland's Pocket. This land was later subdivided for small farms, approximately from the s. By the late s the area had grown sufficiently to support a hotel, racecourse, post office and churches. In , a floating sugar mill and cane crushing plant, named the Walrus , was operating in Oxley Creek as well as other places.
Travelling sugar mill, Walrus, on the Albert River, ca. In the s, small scale farming progressively diversified into dairying and other agricultural pursuits, for instance bacon processing. Further demonstrating the area's growth and importance, the "Duporth" Ladies School moved here from Brisbane in , with the site of this school later becoming the location for an Ursuline Convent and the Canossa Hospital
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