Oxley, Victoria

Oxley is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Snow Road, 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of Wangaratta, in the Rural City of Wangaratta. At the 2016 census, Oxley had a population of 631.^[1]

Oxley Victoria
Oxley Shire Hall, built in 1875
Oxley
Coordinates	36°26′S 146°23′E
Population	631 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	3678
Location	252 km (157 mi) NE of Melbourne 13.1 km (8 mi) SE of Wangaratta
LGA(s)	Rural City of Wangaratta
State electorate(s)	Ovens Valley
Federal division(s)	Indi

Oxley derives its name from the Oxley Plains, which were named in 1824 by the explorers Hume and Hovell after John Oxley, the Surveyor-General of New South Wales. Oxley Post Office opened on 1 January 1870. An earlier office named Oxley became Milawa.^[2] The township served as the administrative centre of the Shire of Oxley until 1936.