Pleystowe Sugar Mill Explained

Pleystowe Sugar Mill is a former sugar mill in Pleystowe, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It is owned by Mackay Sugar.[1] [2] It closed in October 2008 after 139 years, having been the oldest operating sugar mill in Australia at the time of its closure.[3] However, the site continues to provide a number of centralised services to other operating mills within the Mackay Sugar group.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pleystowe Mill. Mackay Sugar. 29 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815161025/http://www.mkysugar.com.au/about/history/Pages/Pleystowe-Mill.aspx. 15 August 2016. live. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Pleystowe Sugar Mill. Mackay Historical Society and Museum Incorporated. 29 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20120214235020/http://www.mackayhistory.org/research/sugar_mills/pleystowe.html. 14 February 2012. live. dmy-all.
  3. News: Bittersweet memories as Australia's oldest sugar mill shuts its doors. 30 October 2008. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160910212648/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-10-30/bittersweet-memories-as-australias-oldest-sugar/187252. 10 September 2016. live. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Our mills. Mackay Sugar. 30 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160301115935/http://www.mkysugar.com.au/business/Pages/Our-Mills.aspx. 1 March 2016. live. dmy-all.

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