Pleystowe,_Queensland

Pleystowe, Queensland

Pleystowe, Queensland

Suburb of Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia

Pleystowe is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Pleystowe had a population of 371 people.[1]

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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]

In the 2016 census Pleystowe had a population of 371 people.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pleystowe (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    "Pleystowe – locality in Mackay Region (entry 46827)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Pleystowe Mill". Mackay Sugar. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Pleystowe Sugar Mill". Mackay Historical Society and Museum Incorporated. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Bittersweet memories as Australia's oldest sugar mill shuts its doors". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 October 2008. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  6. [6]
    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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