Carmila Cane Lift
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Carmila Cane Lift
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| Location | 49 Hindles Road, Carmila, Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 21°55′41″S 149°22′06″E / 21.9281°S 149.3682°ECoordinates: 21°55′41″S 149°22′06″E / 21.9281°S 149.3682°E |
| Design period | 1940s - 1960s (post-World War II) |
| Built | between 1920s to 1960s |
| Official name: Carmila Cane Lift | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 5 February 2010 |
| Reference no. | 602751 |
| Significant period | 1920s - 1960s |
 Location of Carmila Cane Lift in Queensland
Location of Carmila Cane Lift in Queensland
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Carmila Cane Lift is a heritage-listed piece of agricultural equipment at 49 Hindles Road, Carmila, Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built between the 1920s and the 1960s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 5 February 2010.
The Carmila cane lift is situated to the west of Carmila south of the township of Sarina in the Broad Sound area. Sugar cane is a major crop in Queensland; the state produces almost all of the nation's sugar. The cane lifts formed part of the process of transporting bundled whole stalks of harvested sugar cane from the farms to the mill. They were rendered obsolete by the universal adoption of "chopper" harvesters from the 1960s.
Sugar cane was first introduced to Australia in 1788 with the arrival of the First Fleet. In 1821, Port Macquarie under the command of Captain Francis Allman became Australia's first cane-growing area. In Queensland, the successful cultivation of sugar cane was established in 1864 at Redland Bay by Captain Louis Hope who erected Queensland's first sugar-crushing mill on the banks of Hilliard's Creek (now Ormiston) about 25 km south-east of Brisbane.
Cane growing was tried at Bowen in the Whitsunday Region in 1864 but continued there only until 1869, when it became clear that the climate was too dry. In the Pioneer Valley the first grower in the Mackay region was John Spiller. He arrived in Mackay in 1865 as a would-be squatter without capital but with cane brought from Java which he planted on the north bank of the Pioneer River. In June 1867 he produced the first sugar in the region.
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