services. Following the closure of the church in the 1920s, the 1891 building was relocated to Sherwood to become part of a blacksmith's shop. In 1869, a floating sugar mill and cane crushing plant, named the Walrus, was operating in Oxley Creek as well as other places. Oxley East Non-Vested School opened on 31 January 1870. In 1881, it was taken over by the Department of Public Instruction and renamed Oxley State School. A pre-school was opened on 5 September 1977. In the 1870s, small scale farming progressively diversified into dairying and other agricultural pursuits, for instance bacon processing. A small creamery was operating in 1873, most probably located near Factory Road in Oxley's south-east parts. By 1873 there were five churches operating: Anglican, Congregational, Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist. In 1874, the Oxley railway station was opened on the Main Line railway from Brisbane to Ipswich. This led to the establishment of a second subdivision in 1876, referred to as the Township of Oxley which was centred on the train station. It consisted of 140 allotments with the lower ones experiencing periodic inundation. In the same year the construction of the first police station was completed. Dairying became common in the area during the 1890s. The 1893 Brisbane flood halted housing construction in the lower parts of Oxley for many years. William Brittain moved his brick making operations to a site on Douglas Street in 1899. In 1879, the local government area of Yeerongpilly Division was created. In 1891, parts of Yeerongpilly Division were excised to create Sherwood Division becoming a Shire in 1903 which contained the suburb of Oxley. In 1925, the Shire of Sherwood was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane. Mrs Janet O'Connor Girls School opened on 1885 and closed on 1920. Duporth Ladies School moved from Brisbane to Oxley in 1888, with the site of this school later becoming the location for an Ursuline Convent (1924–57) and the Canossa Hospital (1965). In June 1889, "Oxley Station Terraces Estate" made up of 145 allotments were advertised to be auctioned by T. A. Lawson & Co., auctioneers. A map advertising the auction contains a local sketch of the Estate. Newspaper advertisments for the auction state the Estate has splendid river frontage and is only five minutes' walk from Oxly Station. 20th century A sailing club was established in 1902. By 1904, the "Bacon Factory" as it was locally