| Isle of Capri Gold Coast, Queensland | |
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  Isle of Capri | |
| Coordinates | 28°00′42″N153°25′28″E / 28.0117°N 153.4244°E /28.0117; 153.4244 |
| Postcode(s) | 4217 |
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) |
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | City of Gold Coast |
| State electorate(s) | Surfers Paradise |
| Federal division(s) | Moncrieff |
TheIsle of Capri is a neighbourhood within the suburb ofSurfers Paradise in theCity of Gold Coast,Queensland, Australia.[1]
The area served as a sugar harvest for the nearby Benowa Sugar Mill in the late 1800s and early 1900s[2] before becoming adairy. In the 1950s, localItalian-Australian Efim Zola began a canal development project which involved raising unused farmland[3] and renamed the area Isle of Capri afterCapri island in Italy. FutureGold Coast MayorBruce 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 theGold 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]