Marian Mill
| Location |
Anzac Avenue, Marian |
| Postal address |
PO Box 5720, Mackay Mail Centre, Queensland, 4741 Australia |
| Phone |
(07) 4953 8700 |
| Fax |
(07) 4953 8790 |
History
Marian mill is situated on the south bank of the Pioneer River, 27 kilometres from Mackay.
The original mill was erected on this site in 1885, but closed after a few years.
The Marian Central Mill Co Ltd erected a new mill in 1894 under the Sugar Guarantee Act, and the first crushing took place in 1895.
In 1966 the shareholders of Marian Central Mill Co Ltd voted to sell the assets and liabilities of that company to the cane farmers supplying the mill, who formed the Marian Mill Co-operative Society Limited.
On February 1, 1988, Marian mill, together with Cattle Creek, Farleigh, North Eton and Racecourse mills, amalgamated and purchased Pleystowe mill to form the Mackay Sugar Co-operative Association Limited.
Since 1988, Marian has been significantly extended to increase its crushing capacity and its annual throughput of crops in excess of 2 million tonnes have earned it “supermill†status within the Australian sugar industry. Marian crushes crops formerly supplied to both the former North Eton (closed 1989) and Cattle Creek mills (closed 1990).