Pleystowe, Queensland

Pleystowe
Queensland
Pleystowe Sugar Mill, circa 1967
Pleystowe
Coordinates 21°09′15″S 149°01′06″E / 21.15417°S 149.01833°E / -21.15417; 149.01833Coordinates: 21°09′15″S 149°01′06″E / 21.15417°S 149.01833°E / -21.15417; 149.01833
Postcode(s) 4741
LGA(s) Mackay Region
State electorate(s) Mirani
Federal Division(s) Capricornia
Suburbs around Pleystowe:
Balnagowan Balnagowan Dumbleton
Marian Pleystowe Walkerston
Marian Greenmount Greenmount

Pleystowe is a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] It is known for the Pleystowe Sugar Mill used to crush sugar cane to produce raw sugar.[2][3][4]

History

Pleystowe Provisional School opened on 15 April 1896. It became Pleystowe State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1961.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Pleystowe (entry 46827)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Pleystowe Mill". Mackay Sugar. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Pleystowe Sugar Mill". Mackay Historical Society and Museum Incorporated. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bittersweet memories as Australia's oldest sugar mill shuts its doors". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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