| 词条 | Alexandra, Queensland |
| 释义 |
| type = suburb | name = Alexandra | city =Mackay | state = qld | image =Alexandra Mill, Alexandra, Mackay.jpg | caption =Alexandra sugar mill | coordinates = {{coord|-21.1580|149.0902|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}} | pop = | pop_year = | pop_footnotes = | established = | postcode = 4740 | area = 8.0 | dir1 = | location1 = | dist2 = | dir2 = | location2 = | dist3 = | dir3 = | location3 = | dist4 = | dir4 = | location4 = | lga = Mackay Region | stategov = Mirani | fedgov = Capricornia | near-n = Dumbleton | near-ne = Erakala | near-e = Te Kowai | near-se = Te Kowai | near-s = Palmyra | near-sw = Palmyra | near-w = Walkerston | near-nw = Walkerston }}Alexandra is a suburb of Mackay in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] GeographyAlexandra is flat low-lying land bordered to the north by the Pioneer River and to the south by Bakers Creek. The Peak Downs Highway passes from east to west through the centre of the locality; there is a junction with the Mackay 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 for sugarcane farming.[2] The Finch Hatton branch of the Mackay Railway ran through the locality from east to west.[2] After the closure of the railway, a sugarcane tramways replaced it to provide transport for the harvested sugarcane from the canefields to the sugar mills.[3] HistoryThe suburb's name is taken from the Alexandra sugar mill. The mill, in turn, was named by mill owner Thomas Henry Fitzgerald after Princess Alexandra of Denmark who married Prince Edward (later King Edward VII) of Great Britain on 10 March 1863.[1] The mill was constructed in 1868 and was the largest sugar mill in Queensland. It operated until 1884.[4] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite QPN|46752|Alexandra|suburb in Mackay Region|accessdate=27 July 2017}} 2. ^1 {{Queensland Globe|accessdate=27 July 2017}} 3. ^{{cite QHR|15760|Finch Hatton Railway Station|600985|accessdate=1 August 2014}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.mackayhistory.org/research/sugar_mills/alexandra.html|title=Alexandra Sugar Mill|last=Hall|first=Glen|date=18 July 2017|website=Mackay History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727070543/http://www.mackayhistory.org/research/sugar_mills/alexandra.html|archive-date=27 July 2017|dead-url=no|access-date=27 July 2017}} External links{{commons category|Alexandra, Queensland}}{{Mackay Region}}{{Queensland-geo-stub}} 1 : Mackay Region |
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