Illustrated souvenir of the city and district of Mackay: the sugaropolis of Australia 1862-1937

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Mackay, Qld. : The Mercury Service Department, 1936
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Mackay The SUGAROPOLIS of AUSTRALIA 1832-1937 1
FOREWORD. 2
INTRODUCTORY 3
Discovery of the Pioneer Valley 4
City of Mackay 9
MACKAY CITY COUNCIL, 1936. 9
PROGRESS OF DISTRICT. 11
PHOTOS. OF EARLY MACKAY 17
Mackay’s Schools 19
OLD AND THE NEW 21
SARINA AND DISTRICT ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT 23
QUEENSLAND'S GREAT SUGAR INDUSTRY ITS BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MACKAY DISTRICT. 26
SUGAR INDUSTRY ORGANISATIONS 28
Australian Sugar Producers’ Association Limited 32
JAMES CROKER & SONS (Established September 1, 1889) 33
MACKAY PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY 34
TOPOGRAPHICAL 36
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PIG INDUSTRY 37
OUR BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY 38
DAIRYING INDUSTRY 39
FISHING INDUSTRY 40
MINING 41
MOUNT BRITTEN 41
NEBO DISTRICT 42
CITY COUNCIL OFFICERS AND STAFF, 1936. 43
MIRANI SHIRE 44
PIONEER SHIRE COUNCIL 45
MACKAY’S CHURCHES 46
Seenes in Whitsunday Passage 47
INFORMATION FOR TOURISTS. 49
Picturesque Waterways Abound 49
MACKAY’S DEVELOPMENT AS A PORT 52
SHIPS THAT PASS 56
YEAR’S EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. 56
Old Leichhardt Tree 58
MACKAY ASSOCIATION OF BRISBANE 59
Office Bearers of the Mackay Association of Brisbane 60
W. H. PAXTON & CO. LTD. 61
SHEPHERD’S ANVIL STORES PTY. LTD. 62
F. BLACK PTY. LTD. 63
MELODY SHOP 64
W. H. ANDREW 64
MARSH & WEBSTER PTY. LTD. 65
LAMBERTS Pty. Ltd. 67
CHARLES PORTER & SONS LTD. 68
MACKAY GAS COMPANY 69
BROWN PTY. LTD. 70
Frendeley Motors 71
J. MICHELMORE & COMPANY PTY. LIMITED 72
J. HILLMANN 73
MITCHELL’S 73
WILSON HART & CO. PTY. LTD. 74
FIELDS 76
J. FRANCIS 78
Ronald Motors Pty. Ltd. 80
L. COLEMAN 81

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1936, Illustrated souvenir of the city and district of Mackay: the sugaropolis of Australia 1862-1937 The Mercury Service Department, Mackay, Qld viewed 25 April 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1401928381

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