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Macknade

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Hinchinbrook Shire Council QLD, PO Box 366, Macknade, QLD 4850
07 4776 4600

Description

Macknade is a town and coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia.

Macknade is a town and coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia.

History

The Macknade Sugar Company opened a sugar plantation and the Macknade Sugar Mill in the area in 1874. The district took its name from the mill, which in turn took its name from a house in Kent, England where the mill's owners had lived.Macknade State School opened on 13 November 1893.The postal receiving office opened in about 1901 and became a post office in October 1902. The post office closed on 29 October 1993.In the 2011 census, Macknade had a population of 304 people.

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Type: Towns

Population: 101-1000

Time zone: UTC +10:00

Area: 66.571 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 11 m

Population number: 229

Local Government Area: Hinchinbrook Shire Council

Location

Hinchinbrook Shire Council QLD, PO Box 366, Macknade, QLD 4850

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Attribution

This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Macknade, Queensland

Macknade - Localista

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