Breadalbane is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Breadalbane had a population of 23 people.

Geography

Lethe Brook forms the south-western and south-eastern boundaries of the locality, entering from the south-west (the locality of Kelsey Creek) and exiting to the west (

Glen Isla The River Isla () is a tributary of the River Tay in Angus and Perthshire, Scotland. It rises in the Grampians before flowing down through Glen Isla into the Valley of Strathmore. After a course of 46 miles (74 km), it falls into the Ta ...

/ Goorganga Plains). The

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enters the locality from the south-west (the locality of Kelsey Creek) and exits to the north-west ( Proserpine / Glen Isla). The land is flat and low-lying, being above sea level. The land use is a mixture of

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation and growing

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

. There is a cane tramway passing through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mill.

History

In 1894, George Augustus Henry Waite of the Breadalbane pastoral station offered up of land suitable for growing sugarcane on a rent-free basis for three years to selectors who were willing to cultivate the land. By doing so, he hoped to persuade the

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to support the establishment of a local sugar mill.

Demographics

In the , Breadalbane had a population of 26 people. In the , Breadalbane had a population of 23 people.

Education

There are no schools in Breadalbane. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Proserpine State School and Proserpine State High School, both in neighbouring Proserpine to the north-west. There is also a Catholic primary-and-secondary school in Proserpine.

References

{{Whitsunday Region Whitsunday Region Localities in Queensland