Oxley, Queensland
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Oxley is a south-western suburb of Brisbane named after the early Australian explorer John Oxley. The suburb supports a mix of residential and industrial land use as well as a small number of shops in two commercial districts. The suburb is bounded to the north by the Brisbane River and Oxley Creek flows along the eastern edge.
The Ipswich Motorway traverses Oxley and the train from Brisbane to Ipswich has an station at Oxley.
Oxley contains a quarry, a high school, a golf course and golf driving range, a lawn bowls club, police academy, numerous parks and larger blocks of residential plots.
Surrounding suburbs include Archerfield, Corinda, Durack, Darra, Rocklea, Seventeen Mile Rocks and Willawong.