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 Alexandra Sugar Mill, circa 1880 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates:21°09′29″S149°05′25″E / 21.1580°S 149.0902°E /-21.1580; 149.0902 (Alexandra (centre of suburb)) | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| City | Mackay | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 7.5 km2 (2.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 189 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 25.20/km2 (65.3/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4740 | ||||||||||||
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Alexandra is asuburb ofMackay in theMackay Region,Queensland, Australia.[3] In the2021 census, Alexandra had a population of 189 people.[2]
Alexandra is flat low-lying land bordered to the north by thePioneer River and to the south by Bakers Creek. ThePeak Downs Highway passes from east to west through the centre of the locality; there is a junction with theMackay–Eungella Road which exits the locality in the north-west. Most of the housing is clustered around these two roads. Most of the land in the suburb is used forsugarcane farming.[4]
The Finch Hatton branch of theMackay Railway ran through the locality from east to west with the local area served by the now-dismantled Alexandra railway station (21°09′45″S149°05′50″E / 21.1625°S 149.0972°E /-21.1625; 149.0972 (Alexandra railway station (former))).[4][5] After the closure of the railway, a sugarcane tramway replaced it to provide transport for the harvested sugarcane from the canefields to the sugar mills.[6]
The suburb's name is taken from the Alexandra sugar mill. The mill, in turn, was named by mill ownerThomas Henry Fitzgerald after PrincessAlexandra of Denmark who married Prince Edward (later KingEdward VII) of Great Britain on 10 March 1863.[3]
The mill was constructed in 1868 and was the largest sugar mill in Queensland.[7] It operated until 1884.[8][9] It was located immediately south of the Alexandra railway station (21°09′48″S149°05′53″E / 21.16343°S 149.09810°E /-21.16343; 149.09810 (Alexandra Sugar Mill (former))).[10]
In the2016 census, Alexandra had a population of 193 people.[11]
In the2021 census, Alexandra had a population of 189 people.[2]
There are no schools in Alexandra. The nearest government primary school isWalkerston State School in neighbouringWalkerston to the west. The nearest government secondary school isMackay State High School inMackay to the east.[12]
