List of sugar mills in Queensland

The sugar industry is an important industry in Australia valued at $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion per annum, much of which is generated through export. Requiring a hot climate and plenty of water, sugar cane is predominantly grown in Queensland with some in northern New South Wales. Over 4000 sugar cane farms produce 32-35 million tonnes of sugar cane each year, from which 4-4.5 million tonnes of raw sugar is extracted at sugar cane mills. At 2011, there were 24 sugar mills in Australia, ranging from Mossman in Queensland to Grafton in New South Wales. Mackay Region is known for its 5 locally owned mills. They altogether produce enough sugar to support Central Queensland and Northern Queensland. They range from Racecourse Sugar Mill, Farleigh Mill, Marian Mill, Proserpine Mill and Sarina Sugar Shed.[1]

This is a list of some of the sugar cane mills in Queensland, ordered from north to south.

Sugar mills in Queensland
Name Location Local government area Crush capacity
[million tonnes cane per year]		 Notes Coordinates
 Mossman Central Mill Mossman Shire of Douglas 1.1[2] Operated by Mackay Sugar 16°27′31″S 145°22′42″E / 16.4586°S 145.3782°E / -16.4586; 145.3782 (Mossman Central Mill)
 Mulgrave Sugar Mill Gordonvale Cairns Region Mulgrave Sugar Mill commenced operations in 1896. It is operated by MSF Sugar, a subsidiary of the Mitr Phol Group.[3][4] 17°05′34″S 145°47′20″E / 17.0929°S 145.7889°E / -17.0929; 145.7889 (Mulgrave Sugar Mill)
 Tableland Sugar Mill Arriga Shire of Mareeba 0.7[3] The mill is the newest in Australia having been opened in 1998 by Bundaberg Sugar. It is currently operated by MSF Sugar, a subsidiary of the Mitr Phol Group. 17°07′11″S 145°20′43″E / 17.1197°S 145.3453°E / -17.1197; 145.3453 (Tableland Sugar Mill)
 South Johnstone Sugar Mill South Johnstone Cassowary Coast Region Operated by MSF Sugar, a subsidiary of the Mitr Phol Group.[3] 17°36′21″S 145°59′27″E / 17.6057°S 145.9909°E / -17.6057; 145.9909 (South Johnstone Sugar Mill)
 Tully Sugar Mill Tully Cassowary Coast Region Operated by Tully Sugar, a subsidiary of COFCO.[5] 17°56′13″S 145°55′36″E / 17.9370°S 145.9267°E / -17.9370; 145.9267 (Tully Sugar Mill)
 Macknade Sugar Mill Macknade Shire of Hinchinbrook 1.82[6] Operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia a subsidiary of Wilmar International. 18°35′18″S 146°15′32″E / 18.5883°S 146.2589°E / -18.5883; 146.2589 (Macnade Sugar Mill)
 Victoria Sugar Mill Victoria Plantation Shire of Hinchinbrook 3.74[6] Operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia 18°39′01″S 146°12′08″E / 18.6504°S 146.2023°E / -18.6504; 146.2023 (Victoria Sugar Mill)
 Invicta Sugar Mill Giru Shire of Burdekin 3.67[6] Operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia. 19°31′01″S 147°06′21″E / 19.5169°S 147.1058°E / -19.5169; 147.1058 (Invicta Sugar Mill)
 Kalamia Sugar Mill Brandon Shire of Burdekin 1.18[6] Operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia. 19°31′28″S 147°24′59″E / 19.5244°S 147.4163°E / -19.5244; 147.4163 (Kalamoa Sugar Mill)
 Pioneer Sugar Mill Brandon Shire of Burdekin 2.16[6] Operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia. 19°33′29″S 147°19′52″E / 19.5581°S 147.3310°E / -19.5581; 147.3310 (Pioneer Sugar Mill)
 Inkerman Sugar Mill Home Hill Shire of Burdekin 2.07[6][7] Operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia. Maximum output 2.07 million tonnes in 2011.[6] 19°38′38″S 147°24′03″E / 19.6438°S 147.4007°E / -19.6438; 147.4007 (Inkerman Sugar Mill)
 Proserpine Sugar Mill Proserpine Whitsunday Region 2.13[6] Operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia. 20°23′55″S 148°34′49″E / 20.3986°S 148.5802°E / -20.3986; 148.5802 (Proserpine Sugar Mill)
 Farleigh Sugar Mill Farleigh Mackay Region 1.7[2] Owned by Mackay Sugar 21°05′59″S 149°06′01″E / 21.0996°S 149.1004°E / -21.0996; 149.1004 (Fairleigh Sugar Mill)
 Pleystowe Sugar Mill Pleystowe Mackay Region No longer operational as a mill but used by Mackay Sugar for shared services in support of its other mills.[2] 21°08′35″S 149°02′21″E / 21.1430°S 149.0392°E / -21.1430; 149.0392 (Pleystowe Sugar Mill)
 Marian Sugar Mill Marian Mackay Region 2.60[2] Owned by Mackay Sugar 21°08′42″S 148°56′19″E / 21.1449°S 148.9385°E / -21.1449; 148.9385 (Marian Sugar Mill)
 Racecourse Sugar Mill Racecourse Mackay Region 1.70[2] Owned by Mackay Sugar. Also is one of the largest sugar refineries in Australia. Known for its capabilities for crushing 1.7 million tonnes of cane per year 21°09′50″S 149°08′05″E / 21.1640°S 149.1348°E / -21.1640; 149.1348 (Racecourse Sugar Mill)
 Plane Creek Sugar Mill Sarina Mackay Region 1.76[6] Operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia. 21°25′40″S 149°12′57″E / 21.4278°S 149.2159°E / -21.4278; 149.2159 (Plane Creek Sugar Mill)
 Millaquin Sugar Mill Bundaberg North Bundaberg Region Operated by Bundaberg Sugar[8] 24°51′33″S 152°21′10″E / 24.8591°S 152.3528°E / -24.8591; 152.3528 (Millaquin sugar mill)
 Bingera Sugar Mill South Kolan Bundaberg Region Operated by Bundaberg Sugar[8] 24°55′44″S 152°11′59″E / 24.9290°S 152.1998°E / -24.9290; 152.1998 (Bingera sugar mill)
 Isis Central Sugar Mill Isis Central Bundaberg Region 1.40 The mill commenced operation in 1879 and remains a locally-owned company.[9][10] 25°11′43″S 152°12′32″E / 25.1954°S 152.2088°E / -25.1954; 152.2088 (Isis Central Sugar Mill)
 Maryborough Sugar Mill Maryborough Fraser Coast Region 0.8[3] Operated by MSF Sugar, a subsidiary of the Mitr Phol Group. The mill crushes 0.7-0.8 million tonnes per year.[11] 25°32′52″S 152°43′02″E / 25.5479°S 152.7172°E / -25.5479; 152.7172 (Maryborough Sugar Mill)
 Rocky Point Sugar Mill Steiglitz & Woongoolba City of Gold Coast Established in 1879, Rocky Point Mill is the only privately owned mill in Australia, operated by the Heck family over 5 generations.[12][13] 27°44′07″S 153°19′36″E / 27.7352°S 153.3267°E / -27.7352; 153.3267 (Rocky Point Sugar Mill)

The sugar mills in northern New South Wales are located in Broadwater, Condong, and Harwood Island.[14]

Former sugar mills in Queensland

Poor roads and limited transport options meant that there were once many local sugar mills in Queensland. With improved transport options, many of these smaller mills closed and only the larger more economic mills remain. This list is likely to be incomplete as many mills were small and operated only for a short period leaving few records.

Former sugar mills in Queensland
Name Location Local government area Crush capacity
[million tonnes cane per year]		 Notes Coordinates

(may be approximate)

Hop Wah Pioneer Sugar Mill Mulgrave Road, Woree[15] Cairns Region First sugar mill in North Queensland, opened in August 1881, and initially owned and operated by the Hop Wah Company of Chinese investors and managed by Andrew Leon[16]
Hambledon Sugar Mills Cairns Region
Gairloch Sugar Mill Ingham Shire of Hinchinbrook
Hamleigh Sugar Mill Ingham Shire of Hinchinbrook
Ripple Creek Sugar Mill Macknade Shire of Hinchinbrook [17]
Macknade Sugar Mill Ingham
Habana Sugar Mill Habana Mackay Region The Habana mill operated from 1883 to 1901.[18][19] 21°02′30″S 149°06′40″E / 21.0417°S 149.1111°E / -21.0417; 149.1111 (Habana Sugar Mill) (approx)
 Richmond Sugar Mill Richmond Mackay Region 1881 - 1895[20] 21°04′54″S 149°08′45″E / 21.0816°S 149.1458°E / -21.0816; 149.1458 (Richmond Sugar Mill)
 Homebush Sugar Mill Homebush Mackay Region 1883 - 1922[21] 21°16′17″S 149°02′51″E / 21.2713°S 149.0475°E / -21.2713; 149.0475 (Homebush Sugar Mill) (Homebush)
 Te Kowai Sugar Mill Mackay Mackay Region
Palms Sugar Mill Palms Mackay Region Palms was the last of the plantation mills in the Mackay district, closing in 1924.[18]
Oakwood Sugar Mill Bundaberg Bundaberg Region
Doolbi Sugar Mill Doolbi Bundaberg Region
Pemberton Sugar Mill Bundaberg Region
Invicta Sugar Mill Bundaberg Region There is also an Invicta mill in Giru
Qunaba Sugar Mill Bundaberg Region
North Isis Sugar Mill Bundaberg Region
Sharon Sugar Mill Bundaberg Region
Windermere Sugar Mill Bundaberg Region
Central Sugar Mill Yengarie Fraser Coast Region The ruins of this mill are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.[22] 25°32′02″S 152°38′06″E / 25.534°S 152.635°E / -25.534; 152.635 (Central Sugar Mill Ruins)
 Yengarie Sugar Refinery Yengarie Fraser Coast Region The ruins of this mill are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.[23] 25°33′40″S 152°36′58″E / 25.5611°S 152.6162°E / -25.5611; 152.6162 (Yengarie Sugar Refinery Ruins)
Mount Bauple sugar mill Bauple Fraser Coast Region The Mount Bauple sugar mill was established in 1896; it was the largest in the district. It closed in 1951, as the sugarcane was then being sent to mills in Nambour and Maryborough.[24][25] 25°48′58″S 152°37′12″E / 25.816°S 152.620°E / -25.816; 152.620 (Mount Bauple sugar mill)
 Moreton Central Mill Nambour Sunshine Coast Region
St Helena Island

References

  1. ↑ "Sugarcane Industry | Queensland Farmers Federation". www.qff.org.au. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Our Mills". www.mkysugar.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Msf Sugar". www.msfsugar.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  4. ↑ "Mulgrave Mill | Msf Sugar". www.msfsugar.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to Tully Sugar Limited". www.tullysugar.com. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Wilmar Sugar Mills - Our Mills". www.wilmarsugarmills.com. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  7. ↑ "Inkerman Sugar Mill | Biomass Producer – Bioenergy information for Australia's primary industries". biomassproducer.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  8. 1 2 "Sugar Milling | Bundaberg Sugar". www.bundysugar.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  9. ↑ "Isis Central Sugar Mill - Home". www.isissugar.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  10. ↑ "Isis Central Sugar Mill - Chiders QLD.". www.isissugar.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  11. ↑ "Maryborough Mill | Msf Sugar". www.msfsugar.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  12. ↑ "Rocky Point Sugar Mill". www.heckgroup.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  13. ↑ "Introduction". www.heckgroup.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  14. ↑ "Contact". www.nswsugar.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  15. ↑ Cairns Post Limited (1931), The life of A.J. Draper, The Cairns Post, p. 25, retrieved 10 April 2016
  16. ↑ "EARLY NORTH QUEENSLAND CAIRNS & HINTERLAND". Townsville Daily Bulletin. LXXV. Queensland, Australia. 3 January 1955. p. 5. Retrieved 10 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ↑ "Row of Street Trees (entry 602349)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  18. 1 2 "Habana Tramline Causeway and Wharf Site (entry 602749)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "Habana Sugar Mill, 1883-1902". www.mackayhistory.org. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  20. ↑ "Richmond Mill Ruins (entry 601281)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  21. ↑ "Homebush Sugar Mill, 1883-1922". www.mackayhistory.org. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  22. ↑ "Central Sugar Mill Ruins (entry 602488)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "Yengarie Sugar Refinery ruins (entry 600970)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  24. ↑ "Tiaro Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  25. ↑ "Mount Bauple Central Mill". Bauple Museum. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

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