Brandon, Queensland Explained

Type:town
Brandon
State:qld
Coordinates:-19.5541°N 147.3547°W
Pop:1088
Postcode:4808
Area:110.5
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:6.4
Dir1:WNW
Location1:Ayr
Dist2:82.1
Dir2:ESE
Location2:Townsville
Dist3:1323
Dir3:NNW
Location3:Brisbane
Lga:Shire of Burdekin
Stategov:Burdekin
Fedgov:Dawson
Near-N:Colevale
Near-Ne:Alva
Near-E:Ayr
Near-Se:McDesme
Near-S:Airville
Near-Sw:Barratta
Near-W:Barratta
Near-Nw:Barratta

Brandon is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] In the, the locality of Brandon had a population of 1,088 people.

History

Brandon was surveyed as a site for a township in 1882 and the first allotments were sold later that year.[3] The town is named after Henry Brandon a sugar pioneer in the Mackay and Lower Burdekin regions.[4] Henry Brandon was also the son-in-law of the colonist, Korah Halcomb Wills.[5]

Brandon Post Office opened on 6 September 1883.[6] Prior to that a Receiving office called Pioneer Estate, Lower Burdekin had serviced the area. The Receiving office name was changed to Brandon in August 1883.[7]

Brandon Provisional School opened in the town on 9 April 1888. It became Brandon State School on 11 July 1898.

Kalamia State School opened beside the Kalamia Sugar Mill on 18 July 1928.

Demographics

In the, the town of Brandon had a population of 783 people.

In the, the locality of Brandon had a population of 1,267 people.

In the, the locality of Brandon had a population of 1,094 people.

In the, the locality of Brandon had a population of 1,088 people.

Heritage listings

Brandon has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Economy

Brandon is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. Wilmar Sugar Australia operates two sugar mills in Brandon, the Kalamia Sugar Mill in the north-east of the locality on Lilliesmere Road beside the Lilliesmere Lagoon and the Pioneer Sugar Mill in the west of the locality on Pioneer Mill Road .[9]

Education

Brandon State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Drysdale Street (-19.5537°N 147.3485°W).[10] [11] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 45 students with 4 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).[12]

Kalamia State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Lilliesmere Road (-19.5185°N 147.4176°W).[13] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 14 students with 1 teacher and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).

There are no secondary schools in Brandon. The nearest government secondary school is Ayr State High School in neighbouring Ayr to the east.

Sport

Pioneer Park Speedway is a motorcycle speedway venue to the south west on Bruce Highway.[14] [15] The track has been a significant venue for important speedway events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship[16] [17] and the final of the Australian Solo Championship.[18]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. 28 November 2019.
  2. 28 November 2019.
  3. News: BURDEKIN RICHEST GEM OF THE NORTH . . LXIX . Queensland, Australia . 1 September 1948 . 24 July 2020 . 2 . National Library of Australia . 9 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240209002609/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63364887 . live .
  4. Web site: Brandon . Queensland Places . Centre for the Government of Queensland . 24 July 2020 . 20 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200720151915/https://queenslandplaces.com.au/brandon . live .
  5. Web site: Hall . Glen . Korah Halcomb Wills . Mackay Mayors . 10 June 2020 . 29 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191229181844/http://www.mackayhistory.org/research/mayors/004_wills.html . live .
  6. Web site: Premier Postal History . Post Office List . Premier Postal Auctions . 10 May 2014 . 15 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= . live .
  7. News: 21 August 1883 . INTERCOLONIAL. . XXXVIII . 5 . . 7,990 . Queensland, Australia . 5 February 2023 . National Library of Australia . 9 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240209002619/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3421176 . live .
  8. 7 July 2013.
  9. Web site: Wilmar Sugar Mills - Our Mills. www.wilmarsugarmills.com. 2015-10-27. 7 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101323/https://www.wilmarsugarmills.com/about-us/our-mills. live.
  10. Web site: State and non-state school details. 9 July 2018. Queensland Government. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997. 21 November 2018. 21 November 2018.
  11. Web site: Brandon State School. 21 November 2018. 18 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318103828/https://brandonss.eq.edu.au/. live.
  12. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0. 22 November 2018. 22 November 2018.
  13. Web site: Kalamia State School. 21 November 2018. 27 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200327080200/https://kalamiass.eq.edu.au/. live.
  14. Web site: Pioneer Park Speedway . Visit Burdekin . 8 February 2024 . 8 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240208131954/https://www.visitburdekin.com.au/events/event/47/pioneer-park-speedway . live .
  15. Web site: Pioneer Park Speedway, Ayr . Speedway Australia . 8 February 2024 . 7 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307002152/https://www.speedwayaustralia.org/tracks/qld/pioneer-park-speedway-burdekin . live .
  16. Web site: World Championship . Metal Speedway . 8 February 2024 . 28 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240128131020/https://dlprezes.pl.tl/SPEEDWAY--_--Indywidualne-mistrzostwa-%26%23346%3Bwiata-----------k1-World-Speedway-Championship-k2-.htm . live .
  17. Web site: World Championship . Speedway.org . 8 February 2024 . 10 September 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050910032243/http://www.speedway.org/history/ . live .
  18. Web site: HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1929-2023 . Speedway History . 8 February 2024 . 1 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231201095000/http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmnz.php . live .