| Type: | suburb |
| Fairymead | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -24.7713°N 152.3533°W |
| Pop: | 28 |
| Postcode: | 4670 |
| Area: | 63.0 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 7.5 |
| Dir1: | N |
| Location1: | Bundaberg North |
| Dist2: | 10.1 |
| Dir2: | N |
| Location2: | Bundaberg CBD |
| Dist3: | 472 |
| Dir3: | N |
| Location3: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Bundaberg Region |
| Stategov: | Burnett |
| Fedgov: | Flynn |
| Near-N: | Coral Sea |
| Near-Ne: | Coral Sea |
| Near-E: | Burnett Heads |
| Near-Se: | Rubyanna |
| Near-S: | Rubyanna |
| Near-Sw: | Gooburrum |
| Near-W: | Welcome Creek |
| Near-Nw: | Moore Park Beach |
Fairymead is a coastal locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Fairymead had a population of 28 people.
Fairymead is bounded to the north and north-east by the Coral Sea and to east and south-east by the Burnett River.
Barubbra Island is an island at the mouth of the Burnett River (-24.7488°N 152.3861°W).[2] It is a wetland area protected within the Barubbra Island Conservation Park.
The predominant land use is growing sugarcane. There is a cane tramway network through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to local sugar mills.
Fairymead was originally established as the Fairymead Sugar Plantation with its associated Fairymead Sugar Mill (-24.7898°N 152.3568°W).[3] The heritage-listed house built by the plantation owners, Fairymead House, has been relocated to the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens.[4]
Fairymead Provisional School opened on 20 July 1893. On 1 January 1909 it became Fairymead State School. It closed in 1983. It was located at the eastern end of Colvins Road (approx).[5] [6]
In the, Fairymead had a population of 33 people.
In the, Fairymead had a population of 28 people.
There are no schools in Fairymead. The nearest government primary schools are Moore Park Beach State School in neighbouring Moore Park Beach to the north-west, Gooburrum State School in neighbouring Gooburrum to the south-west, and Bundaberg North State School in Bundaberg North to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Bundaberg North State High School in Bundaberg North.
