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The Mulgrave Sugar Mill is a sugar mill in
Richard Blackwell was a pioneer settler in the Gordonvale area. On 18 October 1879, took up land in the Mulgrave River area known as Plain Camp, near where Gordonvale is now located. He reportedly made a gift of part of this land for the establishment of the Mulgrave Sugar Mill. The Sugar Works Guarantee Act of 1893 provided for the erection of approved Central Mills on a government loan if farmers mortgaged their land as security. After the principal and interest had been met, these Central Mills were to be handed to the growers as Cooperative Mills. The Mulgrave settler's organisation evolved from a meeting held at Tom Mackey's farm, at which Richard Blackwell was in attendance. A provisional directorate was formed with Mackey as Chairman. The original memorandum of the Association of the Mulgrave Central Mill Co Ltd dated 14 November 1893, was registered in Brisbane 20 April 1895. Signatories to this included Richard Blackwell. The nominal capital of £40,000 was increased to £60,000 in 1896. The Mulgrave Central Mill enterprise proceeded rapidly, and Richard Blackwell was one of the first directors of the Mulgrave Mill.
''"The Queensland heritage register"''
published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014
archived
on 8 October 2014). {{coord, -17.0929, 145.7889, type:landmark_region:AU-QLD, display=title, name= Sugar mills in Queensland Gordonvale, Queensland Buildings and structures in Far North Queensland
The Mulgrave Sugar Mill is a sugar mill in Gordonvale
Gordonvale is a rural sugar-growing town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality situated on the southern side of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Gordonvale had a populati ...
, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It commenced operations in 1896. It is operated by MSF Sugar
MSF may refer to:
Organizations
* Manufacturing, Science and Finance, a UK trade union (now part of Unite)
*Marxist Student Federation (UK), in the UK
* Mathematical Sciences Foundation, an Indian institution for education and research
* Médecins ...
, a subsidiary of the Mitr Phol Group
Mitr Phol Group is Thailand's and Asia's biggest sugar and bio-energy producer.
Mitr Phol Sugar Corp is a privately owned group of companies, mainly owned by the Vongkusolkit family. As of 2014, Mitr Phol is ranked as the world's fifth largest s ...
. It is also known as Mulgrave Central Mill.
History
Richard Blackwell was a pioneer settler in the Gordonvale area. On 18 October 1879, took up land in the Mulgrave River area known as Plain Camp, near where Gordonvale is now located. He reportedly made a gift of part of this land for the establishment of the Mulgrave Sugar Mill. The Sugar Works Guarantee Act of 1893 provided for the erection of approved Central Mills on a government loan if farmers mortgaged their land as security. After the principal and interest had been met, these Central Mills were to be handed to the growers as Cooperative Mills. The Mulgrave settler's organisation evolved from a meeting held at Tom Mackey's farm, at which Richard Blackwell was in attendance. A provisional directorate was formed with Mackey as Chairman. The original memorandum of the Association of the Mulgrave Central Mill Co Ltd dated 14 November 1893, was registered in Brisbane 20 April 1895. Signatories to this included Richard Blackwell. The nominal capital of £40,000 was increased to £60,000 in 1896. The Mulgrave Central Mill enterprise proceeded rapidly, and Richard Blackwell was one of the first directors of the Mulgrave Mill.
Locomotives
The Mill uses locomotives built in the 1950s and 1960s. Locomotive types include: 0-6-0DM Com-Eng 0-6-0DH Com-Eng 0-6-0DH Clyde 4wDM EMB B-B DH Walkers BFESee also
* List of sugar mills in Queensland *Cairns-Mulgrave Tramway
The Cairns-Mulgrave Tramway was a private tram line from Cairns to the Mulgrave River in Queensland, Australia. It was built until 1897 to serve the Mulgrave Central Sugar Mill, built in 1895. The line, which led through difficult terrain includ ...
* List of tramways in Queensland
References
Attribution
This Wikipedia article contains text fro''"The Queensland heritage register"''
published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014
archived
on 8 October 2014). {{coord, -17.0929, 145.7889, type:landmark_region:AU-QLD, display=title, name= Sugar mills in Queensland Gordonvale, Queensland Buildings and structures in Far North Queensland