Jarvisfield, Queensland
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Jarvisfield is a coastal rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Jarvisfield had a population of 343 people.
The Olsen brothers, Sugarcane farmers in Jarvisfield, circa 1920
Brandon, Queensland
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Brandon is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Brandon had a population of 1,088 people.
Jarvisfield, Queensland
…A cane tramway through the locality carries harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills, Pioneer Sugar Mill and Kalamia Sugar Mill, both located in Brandon. The Budekin River was explored by John Clements Wickham in HMS Beagle in 1839. In 1859 the lower Burdekin River was explored by Captain Sinclair and…
Kalamia Sugar Mill, 1901
Pioneer Mill tramway operations workers with locomotive McDesme