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 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 418 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4741 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mackay Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mirani | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Capricornia | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Pleystowe is a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] It is known for the Pleystowe Sugar Mill used to crush sugar cane to produce raw sugar.[3][4][5]
History
Pleystowe Provisional School opened on 15 April 1896. It became Pleystowe State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1961.[6]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pleystowe (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Pleystowe (entry 46827)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Pleystowe Mill". Mackay Sugar. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ "Pleystowe Sugar Mill". Mackay Historical Society and Museum Incorporated. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ "Bittersweet memories as Australia's oldest sugar mill shuts its doors". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
 | This Queensland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |