Australian sugar growing and refining sites, c1950

Australia
1 January 1950
14 April 2011
14 April 2011

Location

Australia

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Australian sugar growing and refining sites, c1950. This map shows both the major Australian sugar growing districts along the Queensland coast and northern New South Wales, and also the sugar refineries that were located in Bundaberg, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. It details how much processing of the raw sugar cane was done away from the source. The inset demonstrates the export of sugar from far North Queensland to the rest of the world, which accounted for about half of the raw sugar produced in Australia. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Queensland sugar map, 1941

QLD
Australia
1 January 1941
14 April 2011
14 April 2011

Location

QLD
Australia
Brisbane
Strand Press

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Queensland sugar map, 1941. This map shows 33 sugar mills dotted along the Queensland coast. The Queensland towns and cities that have sugar refineries and distilleries are also marked. Australian sugar year book 1940-41, Brisbane, Strand Press, 1941 

Proposed sugar mill sites, Tully and Banyan area, 1923

Tully, QLD
Australia
17° 55' 58.3284" S, 145° 55' 24.8016" E
1 January 1923
13 April 2011
13 April 2011

Location

Tully, QLD
Australia
17° 55' 58.3284" S, 145° 55' 24.8016" E
Brisbane
Government Printer

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Proposed sugar mill sites, Tully and Banyan area, 1923. This detailed map of the Tully River and Banyan area was included as an appendix to the 1923 report by the Royal Commission into the most suitable locations for sugar mills in Queensland. The members of the commission were quite taken with the Tully site, noting: ‘These lands are the most suitable for cane growing that we inspected, and stand out on their own in comparison with other areas brought under our notice’. Proposed sugar mill sites are shown with a red mark. Notably, each of these marks are located in, or adjacent to ‘forest lands’. ‘Smyth’s site’ (Portion 16, and the second mark from the top of the map), appeared to the commission as the most suitable for a sugar mill in the district. The commission reported, ‘The question of a mill and township site, however, including a scheme for drainage, would require to be very carefully investigated by expert surveyors and engineers in order that the most suitable site may be secured.’ With the sympathies of the then Queensland Premier, and North Queenslander, Edward Theodore, this site was later chosen as the location of the Tully Mill and an adjoining township. Tully Mill would become the largest sugar mill in Australia. Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the most suitable locations for sugar mills which may be erected in the near future, Brisbane, Government Printer, 1923

Inside the Gordonvale garden gazebo, 1935. ‘Interior view of toad pond showing spray and growth of water hyacinth', Proceedings of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists fifth congress, Brisbane, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 1935

The Gordonvale garden gazebo, 1935. ‘Exterior view of pond and cage constructed for the reception of a colony of the Giant Toad Bufo marinus introduced from Hawaii', Proceedings of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists fifth congress, Brisbane, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 1935

Meringa farm, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, c1935. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Queensland State Archives

Aerial view of Gordonvale and surrounding cane farms, 1954. Mulgrave Shire, North Queensland, Australia, Cairns, McDonald & Son, 1954

Aerial view of Gordonvale and surrounding cane farms, 1954

Aerial view of Gordonvale and surrounding cane farms, 1954

Aerial view of Gordonvale and surrounding cane farms, 1954. Mulgrave Shire, North Queensland, Australia, Cairns, McDonald & Son, 1954

Geographical expansion of Bufo marinus in Queensland, 1981

QLD
Australia
1 January 1981
28 March 2011
28 March 2011

Location

QLD
Australia

M.D. Sabath, et al

Geographical expansion of Bufo marinus in Queensland, 1981. This was one of the first maps to show the pathway of the cane toad across Queensland. The map accompanied the scientific paper investigating the rate and direction of population spread of B. marinus in Queensland. The 1939 inset lists the sites in Queensland where toads were released: A = Mossman, B = Gordonvale, C = Babinda, D = Bamaroo, E = Giru and Ayr, F = Mackay, G = Bundaberg, H = Isis. Notably, the information to create this map came from Queensland Museum surveys in 1974 that asked Queenslanders when they had first seen the toad in their district. From M.D. Sabath, et al, ‘Expansion of the range of the introduced toad Bufo Marinus in Australia from 1935 to 1974’, Copeia, 3, 1981

The cane toad (Bufo marinus) was introduced to Australia as a solution to cane beetle pest affecting North Queensland sugar cane crops.

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