Macknade, Queensland
locality in Queensland, Australia
Macknade is a rural town and coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Macknade had a population of 203 people.
Geography
Macknade is bounded by the Herbert River (18.5333°S 146.3°E / -18.5333; 146.3 (Herbert River (mouth))) on the south and east, the Seymour River (18.5166°S 146.2°E / -18.5166; 146.2 (Seymour River (mouth))) on the west and the Hinchinbrook Channel (18.4936°S 146.2496°E / -18.4936; 146.2496 (Hinchinbrook Channel)) to the north (separating the mainland from Hinchinbrook Island).
Seaforth Channel is another off-shore passage (18.5151°S 146.2727°E / -18.5151; 146.2727 (Seaforth Channel)).
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 Provisional School opened on 13 November 1893. On 1 January 1909, it became Macknade State School.
The postal receiving office opened in about 1901 and became a post office in October 1902. The post office closed on 29 October 1993.
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