Richmond is a
suburb of
Mackay Mackay may refer to:
*Clan Mackay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives
Mackay may also refer to:
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* Mackay Region, a local government area
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in the
Mackay Region
The Mackay Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas with modern histories extending back as far as 1869.
It has an estima ...
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Queensland
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In the Richmond had a population of 486 people.
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Geography
Although officially gazetted as a suburb, most of the land use in Richmond is agricultural, predominantly growing sugarcane. A network of cane tramways
The rail network in Queensland, Australia, was the first in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line, and now the second largest narrow gauge network in the world, consists of:
*the North Coast Line (NCL) extending from Brisbane to R ...
in the suburb transfers the harvested sugarcane to the sugar mill for processing.
History
Nindaroo Provisional School opened on 27 February 1899. On 1 January 1909 it became Nindaroo State School It closed in 1963.
Heritage listings
Richmond has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Habana Road: Richmond Mill Ruins
Education
There are no schools in Richmond. The nearest government primary schools are Beaconsfield State School in neighbouring Beaconsfield to the east, Eimeo Road State School in neighbouring Rural View to the north-east, and Northview State School in neighbouring Mount Pleasant to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Mackay Northern Beaches State High School in neighbouring Rural View to the north-east, Pioneer State High School
Pioneer State High School is a government co-educational secondary school (7-12) in Andergrove, Mackay, Queensland
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in Andergrove to the east, and Mackay North State High School
Mackay North State High School is located in the Mackay region, Queensland, Australia and was established in 1964 with an enrolment of 209 students in years eight and nine. The school motto is 'Meliora
''Meliora'' is a Latin adjective meanin ...
in North Mackay
North Mackay is a suburb of Mackay in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , North Mackay had a population of 5,933 people.
Although in present times North Mackay is an officially and precisely bounded area, historically and in inf ...
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See also
* List of tramways in Queensland
List of tramways in Queensland provides three separate lists, each in alphabetical order of the key identifier. They are:
* Non sugar cane tramways, ordered by Tramway Name as contained in Wikipedia articles.
* Sugar cane tramways, ordered by Sug ...
References
{{Mackay Region
Suburbs of Mackay, Queensland