Pleystowe, Queensland

Pleystowe
Queensland
Pleystowe Sugar Mill, circa 1967
Pleystowe is located in Queensland
Pleystowe
Pleystowe
Coordinates21°09′15″S 149°01′07″E / 21.1541°S 149.0186°E / -21.1541; 149.0186 (Pleystowe (centre of locality))
Population418 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density24.73/km2 (64.06/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4741
Area16.9 km2 (6.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Mackay Region
State electorate(s)Mirani
Federal division(s)Capricornia
Suburbs around Pleystowe:
Balnagowan Balnagowan Dumbleton
Marian Pleystowe Walkerston
Marian Greenmount Greenmount

Pleystowe is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] It is known for the former Pleystowe Sugar Mill used to crush sugar cane to produce raw sugar.[3][4][5] In the 2021 census, Pleystowe had a population of 418 people.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Census2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Pleystowe – locality in Mackay Region (entry 46827)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Pleystowe Mill". Mackay Sugar. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Pleystowe Sugar Mill". Mackay Historical Society and Museum Incorporated. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  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.