Victoria Plantation, Queensland

Victoria Plantation is a locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Victoria Plantation
Queensland
Victoria Plantation
Coordinates18.6441°S 146.2083°E / -18.6441; 146.2083
Postcode(s)4850
Area13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi)
LGA(s)Shire of Hinchinbrook
State electorate(s)Hinchinbrook
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Victoria Plantation:
Foresthome Foresthome Cordelia
Ingham Victoria Plantation Braemeadows
Blackrock Braemeadows Braemeadows

Geography
Clearing the site for the Victoria Plantation at Palm Creek, near Ingham, ca. 1881

Victoria Plantation is directly east of the town of Ingham. It is a sugarcane growing area, with a network of cane tramways connecting the plantations to the Victoria Sugar Mill in the south of the locality beside Palm Creek.[2]

History

Victoria Plantation Provisional School opened on 1 March 1894, becoming Victoria Plantation State School on 1 January 1909.[3]

Education

Victoria Plantation State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) at 244 Ingham Forrest Beach Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 74 students with 8 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) with 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).[4]

See also

References
  1. "Victoria Plantation - locality in Shire of Hinchinbrook (entry 49501)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Victoria Plantation State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

Further reading
  • "Victoria Plantation". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.


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