Pleystowe, Queensland

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]

Pleystowe
Queensland
Pleystowe Sugar Mill, circa 1967
Pleystowe
Coordinates21°09′15″S 149°01′06″E
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

History

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

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See also

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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