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| name        = Proserpine Mill
| name        = Proserpine Mill
| image      = Proserpine-Sugar-Mill-1196.jpg
| image      = Proserpine-Sugar-Mill-1196.jpg
| caption    = Propserpine Mill. 2008. Vmenkov.
| caption    = Proserpine Mill, 2008. Vmenkov.
| coordinates = [https://www.google.com/maps?q=-20.398299212160634,148.5797524065207 20.64997° S, 148.57975° E]
| coordinates = [https://www.google.com/maps?q=-20.398299212160634,148.5797524065207 20.39829° S, 148.57975° E]
| region      = [[Herbert & Burdekin Region|Herbert River]]
| region      = [[Central Queensland Region|Proserpine]]
| lga        = [[Hinchinbrook Shire Council]]
| lga        = [[Whitsunday Regional Council]]
| established = 1882 ({{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1882}} years ago)
| established = 1897 ({{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1897}} years ago)
| closed      =  
| closed      =
| owner      = [[Wilmar Sugar]]
| owner      = [[Wilmar Sugar Australia]]
| gauge      = 610 mm (2 ft)
| gauge      = 610 mm (2 ft)
| crush      = 3,000,000 tonnes per season
| crush      = 1,700,000 tonnes (2020–2024 average)
}}The Proserpine Sugar Mill is a central sugar processing facility located in the Whitsunday Region of North Queensland. Situated on the banks of the Proserpine River, the mill serves as the economic anchor for the town of Proserpine and processes sugar cane from a catchment area extending from the coastal plains of Airlie Beach to the inland valleys near the Peter Faust Dam.
}}
'''Proserpine Sugar Mill''' is a sugar mill located at [[Proserpine, Queensland|Proserpine]] in the [[Whitsunday Region]] of [[Queensland]]. Established in 1897 on the southern side of the Proserpine River, the mill played a central role in the development of the town of Proserpine.
 
The mill is operated by [[Wilmar Sugar Australia]] and processes an average of approximately 1.7 million tonnes of sugarcane annually. It is served by a standalone 610 mm (2 ft) gauge cane railway network which is physically separate from the neighbouring Mackay and Burdekin cane railway systems.<ref name="WilmarProserpine">Wilmar Sugar and Renewables. [https://www.wilmarsugar-anz.com/media-centre/fact-sheets/1591-wilmar-a4-at-a-glance-proserpine-2023-web-compressed ''Proserpine Region – At a Glance'']. June 2025.</ref>
 
== History ==
 
=== Early sugar industry ===
Commercial sugar production in the Proserpine district pre-dated the present mill.


Historically a grower-owned cooperative, the mill is now owned and operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia. It is one of the few mills in Queensland that operates as a standalone network, not physically connected to the neighbouring tramway systems of the Burdekin or Mackay regions.
The '''Crystal Brook Sugar Company Limited''' was registered in 1882 and established the Glen Isla plantation, comprising approximately 3,000 acres on the Proserpine River. It was the first registered sugar company in the district.<ref name="WRCMill">Whitsunday Regional Council. [https://www.whitsundayrc.qld.gov.au/files/assets/public/v/1/community-and-environment/documents/Proserpine_Sugar_Mill.pdf ''Whitsunday Local Heritage Register – Proserpine Sugar Mill''].</ref>


=== Historical Development ===
The plantation operated its own small mill and relied heavily on South Sea Islander and Chinese labour.
The establishment of a successful sugar industry in Proserpine was preceded by failure. The first attempt at commercial sugar production began in 1882 with the formation of the Crystal Brook Sugar Company at Glen Isla. Despite initial optimism, the venture collapsed due to financial instability and difficulties in securing reliable transport and labour.


Following the Sugar Works Guarantee Act of 1893, which allowed the Queensland Government to advance loans for mill construction, local growers formed the Proserpine Central Mill Company in 1894. Construction proceeded rapidly, and the mill crushed its first cane in 1897. This success directly spurred the surveying and settlement of the Proserpine township.
Crystal Brook proved short-lived. The company collapsed in '''1885''', principally during a severe fall in world sugar prices.<ref name="WRCMill" />


The mill encountered significant debt early in its life, leading the Queensland Government to foreclose in 1904. For the next two decades, the Treasury controlled operations. It was not until 1931 that the local cane growers successfully raised the capital to purchase the facility, forming the Proserpine Co-operative Sugar Milling Association Limited.
The former plantation estate was subsequently subdivided during the 1890s, with part of the land eventually incorporated into the developing town of Proserpine.


Under cooperative ownership, the mill underwent extensive modernization during the 1950s and 1970s to cope with the rapid expansion of cane land in the Kelsey Creek and Up River districts. In 2011, amidst a period of industry consolidation, the cooperative members voted to sell the business to Sucrogen (the sugar division of CSR). This ended eighty years of grower control. Ownership transferred to Wilmar International in 2013 when the Singaporean agribusiness acquired Sucrogen.
=== Proserpine Central Mill ===
Queensland's ''Sugar Works Guarantee Act 1893'' encouraged the establishment of central mills supplied by independent farmers rather than company-owned plantations.


=== Geography and Network ===
The '''Proserpine Central Mill Company''' was registered in '''1894'''.<ref name="WRCMill" />
The Proserpine mill operates a 610 mm gauge tramway network that radiates from the mill site in the centre of town. The network is characterised by long runs into the river valleys and heavy haulage requirements.


The permanent way is divided into several main lines:
The new central mill was constructed during the following years together with a 610 mm gauge tramway and a wharf on the Proserpine River. Much of the machinery was transported into the district by sea and then hauled to the mill site.


* '''Up River Line:''' Follows the Proserpine River inland towards the Peter Faust Dam, servicing the heavy production areas of Dittmer and Lethebrook.
Proserpine Central Mill commenced crushing in '''1897'''.<ref name="WilmarProserpine" /><ref name="QAJ1931">Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. ''Queensland Agricultural Journal'', 1 May 1931.</ref>
* '''North Bank:''' Runs north of the river towards the Strathdickie area.
* '''Cannon Valley:''' Extends east towards the coast near Airlie Beach.
* '''Kelsey Creek:''' Services the southern farming districts.


The system is notable for its use of high-capacity bogie bins. While many Queensland mills transitioned slowly from four-wheel bins, Proserpine moved aggressively to large bogie rolling stock, with the current fleet comprising six-tonne and ten-tonne bins. The 2025 season data indicates an average bin weight of 9.4 tonnes, reflecting the dominance of this larger stock.
During its first season, the mill processed '''10,919 tons of cane in 99 days''' from 39 suppliers.<ref name="ACFA2011">Australian Cane Farmers Association. [https://www.acfa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/2011-07-to-12-ACF-e.pdf ''The Australian Cane Farmer'', July–December 2011, p. 11].</ref>


=== Infrastructure and Production ===
The establishment of the mill stimulated rapid settlement around the site. The town of Proserpine was surveyed as the local population increased, and the mill provided land for several early public facilities.<ref name="WRCMill" />
The factory has a crushing capacity of approximately 1.8 million tonnes per season.
 
=== Government control ===
Despite its promising start, the mill struggled with debt and insufficient cane throughput.
 
In '''1900''', management was handed to the Queensland Government.<ref name="ACFA2011" />
 
The mill remained unable to meet its financial obligations, and in '''1904''' the government foreclosed and assumed ownership through the Bureau of Central Sugar Mills.<ref name="ACFA2011" />
 
The government continued to operate the mill while the surrounding cane-growing industry developed.
 
In 1914, district growers voted to purchase the mill, although the transfer did not occur immediately.<ref name="WRCMill" />
 
=== Grower cooperative ===
In '''1931''', growers finally acquired control and formed the '''Proserpine Co-operative Sugar Milling Association Limited'''.<ref name="ACFA2011" />
 
The cooperative operated Proserpine Mill for the next 80 years.
 
During this period the factory and cane railway were progressively expanded and modernised as production increased in districts including Cannon Valley, Kelsey Creek, Lethebrook, Myrtlevale and the upper Proserpine River area.
 
The construction of Peter Faust Dam, completed in 1990, provided additional water security for agriculture in the Proserpine district.
 
=== Sale to Wilmar ===
During 2011 the Proserpine cooperative became the subject of competing acquisition proposals from Wilmar-owned Sucrogen and COFCO-owned Tully Sugar.
 
Sucrogen initially offered $115 million for the cooperative's assets. Proserpine members voted on the proposal twice, on 31 August and 28 October 2011, but on both occasions the proposal failed to obtain the required level of member approval.<ref name="ACFA2011" />
 
On '''6 November 2011''', the board placed the cooperative into voluntary administration.<ref name="ABCAdministration">ABC News. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-07/sugar-mill-goes-into-administration/3638864 ''Sugar mill goes into administration'']. 7 November 2011.</ref>
 
Administrators KordaMentha subsequently agreed to sell the mill assets to Sucrogen for approximately '''$120 million'''.
 
On '''9 December 2011''', creditors voted to approve the transaction and Sucrogen assumed control of the mill.<ref name="ABCSale">ABC Rural. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2011-12-09/sucrogen-finally-gets-the-proserpine-sugar-mill/6097172 ''Sucrogen finally gets the Proserpine Sugar Mill'']. 9 December 2011.</ref>
 
Sucrogen had already been acquired by [[Wilmar International]] from CSR in 2010. The Australian sugar business was subsequently renamed Wilmar Sugar Australia.
 
Proserpine was Wilmar's most recent Australian mill acquisition.<ref name="WilmarProserpine" />
 
== Infrastructure ==
 
=== Milling ===
Wilmar's current published figures give Proserpine Mill an average annual throughput of approximately '''1.7 million tonnes of sugarcane''' and average raw sugar production of approximately '''228,000 tonnes'''.<ref name="WilmarProserpine" />
 
These figures represent the annual average for 2020–2024.
 
The mill also generates renewable electricity from bagasse and exports surplus power to the electricity grid. Wilmar estimates that its average annual export is sufficient to supply more than 1,500 homes for a year.<ref name="WilmarProserpine" />
 
=== Cane railway ===
Proserpine operates a standalone '''610 mm (2 ft) gauge''' cane railway network.
 
Wilmar's 2025 regional figures give the system as approximately:
 
* '''235 kilometres of cane railway'''
* '''9 locomotives'''
* '''1,192 cane bins'''<ref name="WilmarProserpine" />
 
Unlike the interconnected mill networks found in the Herbert, Burdekin and Mackay districts, Proserpine's cane railway is physically isolated from neighbouring mill railway systems.<ref name="RailTram">Railways and Tramways of Australia. [https://www.railtram.com.au/sugar-cane-railways ''Sugar Cane Railways''].</ref>
 
The network extends west towards Red Hill, Kelsey Creek and Silver Creek, north towards Myrtlevale, east through Cannon Valley and Preston, and south through Lethebrook to Elaroo. The Elaroo district is approximately 32 kilometres from the mill.<ref name="RailwayDigest2024">Walters, Chris. ''Sugar Cane 2024 – Part 1: Isis Central to Proserpine''. ''Railway Digest'', April 2024.</ref>
 
Major operating routes include the Up River, Cannon Valley, Kelsey Creek, Gregory and Elaroo lines.
 
=== Cane bins ===
Proserpine has a long history of using relatively high-capacity cane bins.
 
A '''10-tonne four-wheel cane bin''' design was introduced at Proserpine during the 1990s. By the end of the 2000 crushing season the former 4-tonne bin fleet had been completely withdrawn, leaving the larger bins as the standard equipment.<ref name="LRBins">Light Railway Research Society of Australia. ''Light Railways'', February 2001.</ref>
 
The 10-tonne vehicles are '''four-wheel bins rather than bogie wagons'''.
 
Wilmar has continued to renew the fleet. Fifty additional 10-tonne bins were ordered for Proserpine ahead of the 2023 crushing season.<ref name="LR2023">Light Railway Research Society of Australia. ''Light Railways'', No. 291, June 2023.</ref>
 
The high carrying capacity is reflected in recent production reports. The average loaded cane weight per bin was '''9.40 tonnes in 2025'''.<ref name="Wilmar2025">Wilmar Sugar and Renewables. [https://www.wilmarsugar-anz.com/proserpine-production-reports/2112-proserpine-production-report-wk-20-we-01nov25/file ''Proserpine Production Report – Week 20 ending 1 November 2025''].</ref>
 
=== Raw sugar transport ===
Raw sugar produced at Proserpine is transported by '''1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) heavy rail''' to the Port of Mackay for storage and export.<ref name="WilmarProserpine" />
 
This traffic is separate from the mill's 610 mm cane railway operation.
 
The mill therefore has two distinct rail functions: its privately operated 610 mm network brings harvested cane into the factory, while Queensland's heavy-rail network carries finished raw sugar south to Mackay Port.
 
== Production statistics ==
Wilmar's published 2020–2024 average is approximately '''1.7 million tonnes of cane''' and '''228,000 tonnes of raw sugar''' annually.<ref name="WilmarProserpine" />
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+ Selected recent production
! Season
! Cane crushed
! Average CCS
! Average bin weight
! Notes
|-
| 2022
| 1,854,435 tonnes
| 13.56
| 9.56 tonnes
| Season completed on 12 January 2023 following an extended crush.<ref name="Wilmar2022">Wilmar Sugar. ''Proserpine Production Report – Week 29 ending 14 January 2023''.</ref>
|-
| 2023
| 1,702,639 tonnes
| 14.52
| 9.67 tonnes
| Final cane crushed on 9 December 2023.<ref name="Wilmar2023">Wilmar Sugar. ''Proserpine Production Report – Week 26 ending 9 December 2023''.</ref>
|-
| 2024
| 1,673,788 tonnes
| 13.81
| 9.50 tonnes
| Season ended after continuing wet weather prevented further cane supply.<ref name="Wilmar2024">Wilmar Sugar and Renewables. [https://www.wilmarsugar-anz.com/proserpine-production-reports/1868-proserpine-production-report-wk-25-we-14dec24/file ''Proserpine Production Report – Week 25 ending 14 December 2024''].</ref>
|-
| 2025
| 1,478,749 tonnes
| 14.42
| 9.40 tonnes
| Final bin tipped at 6:31 am on 1 November 2025.<ref name="Wilmar2025" />
|}


== Location ==
== Location ==
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== Rollingstock ==
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Proserpine Mill

Proserpine Mill, 2008. Vmenkov.
Proserpine Mill, 2008. Vmenkov.

Location
Coordinates 20.39829° S, 148.57975° E
State Queensland
Region Proserpine
LGA Whitsunday Regional Council
Details
Established 1897 (129 years ago)
Owner Wilmar Sugar Australia
Gauge 610 mm (2 ft)
Annual Crush 1,700,000 tonnes (2020–2024 average)

Proserpine Sugar Mill is a sugar mill located at Proserpine in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland. Established in 1897 on the southern side of the Proserpine River, the mill played a central role in the development of the town of Proserpine.

The mill is operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia and processes an average of approximately 1.7 million tonnes of sugarcane annually. It is served by a standalone 610 mm (2 ft) gauge cane railway network which is physically separate from the neighbouring Mackay and Burdekin cane railway systems.[1]

History

Early sugar industry

Commercial sugar production in the Proserpine district pre-dated the present mill.

The Crystal Brook Sugar Company Limited was registered in 1882 and established the Glen Isla plantation, comprising approximately 3,000 acres on the Proserpine River. It was the first registered sugar company in the district.[2]

The plantation operated its own small mill and relied heavily on South Sea Islander and Chinese labour.

Crystal Brook proved short-lived. The company collapsed in 1885, principally during a severe fall in world sugar prices.[2]

The former plantation estate was subsequently subdivided during the 1890s, with part of the land eventually incorporated into the developing town of Proserpine.

Proserpine Central Mill

Queensland's Sugar Works Guarantee Act 1893 encouraged the establishment of central mills supplied by independent farmers rather than company-owned plantations.

The Proserpine Central Mill Company was registered in 1894.[2]

The new central mill was constructed during the following years together with a 610 mm gauge tramway and a wharf on the Proserpine River. Much of the machinery was transported into the district by sea and then hauled to the mill site.

Proserpine Central Mill commenced crushing in 1897.[1][3]

During its first season, the mill processed 10,919 tons of cane in 99 days from 39 suppliers.[4]

The establishment of the mill stimulated rapid settlement around the site. The town of Proserpine was surveyed as the local population increased, and the mill provided land for several early public facilities.[2]

Government control

Despite its promising start, the mill struggled with debt and insufficient cane throughput.

In 1900, management was handed to the Queensland Government.[4]

The mill remained unable to meet its financial obligations, and in 1904 the government foreclosed and assumed ownership through the Bureau of Central Sugar Mills.[4]

The government continued to operate the mill while the surrounding cane-growing industry developed.

In 1914, district growers voted to purchase the mill, although the transfer did not occur immediately.[2]

Grower cooperative

In 1931, growers finally acquired control and formed the Proserpine Co-operative Sugar Milling Association Limited.[4]

The cooperative operated Proserpine Mill for the next 80 years.

During this period the factory and cane railway were progressively expanded and modernised as production increased in districts including Cannon Valley, Kelsey Creek, Lethebrook, Myrtlevale and the upper Proserpine River area.

The construction of Peter Faust Dam, completed in 1990, provided additional water security for agriculture in the Proserpine district.

Sale to Wilmar

During 2011 the Proserpine cooperative became the subject of competing acquisition proposals from Wilmar-owned Sucrogen and COFCO-owned Tully Sugar.

Sucrogen initially offered $115 million for the cooperative's assets. Proserpine members voted on the proposal twice, on 31 August and 28 October 2011, but on both occasions the proposal failed to obtain the required level of member approval.[4]

On 6 November 2011, the board placed the cooperative into voluntary administration.[5]

Administrators KordaMentha subsequently agreed to sell the mill assets to Sucrogen for approximately $120 million.

On 9 December 2011, creditors voted to approve the transaction and Sucrogen assumed control of the mill.[6]

Sucrogen had already been acquired by Wilmar International from CSR in 2010. The Australian sugar business was subsequently renamed Wilmar Sugar Australia.

Proserpine was Wilmar's most recent Australian mill acquisition.[1]

Infrastructure

Milling

Wilmar's current published figures give Proserpine Mill an average annual throughput of approximately 1.7 million tonnes of sugarcane and average raw sugar production of approximately 228,000 tonnes.[1]

These figures represent the annual average for 2020–2024.

The mill also generates renewable electricity from bagasse and exports surplus power to the electricity grid. Wilmar estimates that its average annual export is sufficient to supply more than 1,500 homes for a year.[1]

Cane railway

Proserpine operates a standalone 610 mm (2 ft) gauge cane railway network.

Wilmar's 2025 regional figures give the system as approximately:

  • 235 kilometres of cane railway
  • 9 locomotives
  • 1,192 cane bins[1]

Unlike the interconnected mill networks found in the Herbert, Burdekin and Mackay districts, Proserpine's cane railway is physically isolated from neighbouring mill railway systems.[7]

The network extends west towards Red Hill, Kelsey Creek and Silver Creek, north towards Myrtlevale, east through Cannon Valley and Preston, and south through Lethebrook to Elaroo. The Elaroo district is approximately 32 kilometres from the mill.[8]

Major operating routes include the Up River, Cannon Valley, Kelsey Creek, Gregory and Elaroo lines.

Cane bins

Proserpine has a long history of using relatively high-capacity cane bins.

A 10-tonne four-wheel cane bin design was introduced at Proserpine during the 1990s. By the end of the 2000 crushing season the former 4-tonne bin fleet had been completely withdrawn, leaving the larger bins as the standard equipment.[9]

The 10-tonne vehicles are four-wheel bins rather than bogie wagons.

Wilmar has continued to renew the fleet. Fifty additional 10-tonne bins were ordered for Proserpine ahead of the 2023 crushing season.[10]

The high carrying capacity is reflected in recent production reports. The average loaded cane weight per bin was 9.40 tonnes in 2025.[11]

Raw sugar transport

Raw sugar produced at Proserpine is transported by 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) heavy rail to the Port of Mackay for storage and export.[1]

This traffic is separate from the mill's 610 mm cane railway operation.

The mill therefore has two distinct rail functions: its privately operated 610 mm network brings harvested cane into the factory, while Queensland's heavy-rail network carries finished raw sugar south to Mackay Port.

Production statistics

Wilmar's published 2020–2024 average is approximately 1.7 million tonnes of cane and 228,000 tonnes of raw sugar annually.[1]

Selected recent production
Season Cane crushed Average CCS Average bin weight Notes
2022 1,854,435 tonnes 13.56 9.56 tonnes Season completed on 12 January 2023 following an extended crush.[12]
2023 1,702,639 tonnes 14.52 9.67 tonnes Final cane crushed on 9 December 2023.[13]
2024 1,673,788 tonnes 13.81 9.50 tonnes Season ended after continuing wet weather prevented further cane supply.[14]
2025 1,478,749 tonnes 14.42 9.40 tonnes Final bin tipped at 6:31 am on 1 November 2025.[11]

Location

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Rollingstock

Name Builder Model Serial Year Current Mill Notes
Canberra Clyde HG-3R 65-433 1965 Proserpine Mill Now #5 - 06/07/22
6 Lucinda Clyde HG-3R 65-436 1965 Proserpine Mill Seen October 2023
12 Walkers GH700V 680 1972 Proserpine Mill Walkers 680 of 1972; formerly Westrail M1851. Rebuilt by Bundaberg Foundry in 1996 and operated at Victoria Mill as JOURAMA. Rebuilt again at Pioneer in 2022 and transferred to Proserpine Mill as No.12 on 7 April 2022.
14 Walkers GH700V 681 1972 Proserpine Mill Walkers 681 of 1972; formerly Westrail M1852. Rebuilt by Bundaberg Foundry in 1997 and operated at Victoria Mill as CAIRNS. Later transferred to Proserpine Mill as No.14. Rebuilt again at Pioneer in 2022 and returned to Proserpine on 18 May 2022.
15 / Paluma Wilmar Canefield 2025 Proserpine Mill Wilmar 26-tonne Canefield new build. Contemporary enthusiast observations report that the locomotive was sent from Proserpine to Macknade for completion on 4 June 2025, later transferred from Victoria Mill to Proserpine Mill in May 2026, and was photographed operating there as No.15 PALUMA on 27 August 2026. Build identifier 006 of 2025 was reported in photographer captions but has not been independently confirmed.
7 Clyde DHI-71 65-442 1965 Proserpine Mill
8 Clyde DHI-71 65-443 1965 Proserpine Mill Rebuilt 2014
10 E.M. Baldwin DH26B 9816-1-10-81 1981 Proserpine Mill
11 Walkers GH500 628 1969 Proserpine Mill Rebuilt Walkers 1996
Shirbourne Walkers GH700 673 1971 Invicta Mill Ex NSW SRA 7314. Acquired for Proserpine Mill and converted from 1435 mm to 610 mm gauge by Bundaberg Foundry in 1998 as Proserpine No.12. Its frame was transferred to Pioneer Mill in 2022 for use as the basis of a future rebuild after Walkers 680 became the replacement Proserpine No.12. Rebuilt by Wilmar in 2025 as the 40-tonne RSU locomotive SHIRBOURNE for Invicta Mill.
3 Clyde DHI-71 58-195 1958 Out of service Stored as of April 2024.
5 Clyde DHI-71 60-218 1960 Out of service Stored as of April 2024.
7 Perry 6160.48.1 1948 Out of service Ex Qunaba #3 Flash; preserved. LRRSA recorded at The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich (2011).
1 Clyde DHI-71 DHI.7 1954 Out of service Acquired by Gympie Mining Museum in October 2003 and subsequently recorded preserved there.
2 Clyde DHI-71 56-91 1956 Out of service Rebuilt by Ontrak in 2009 for Fiji Sugar Corporation as OSCAR (2434-2); transferred to Lautoka in 2014 as #15. Later disposition not established.
4 Clyde DHI-71 59-202 1959 Out of service Rebuilt by Ontrak in 2008 for Fiji Sugar Corporation as HOWIE (2434-1); recorded operating on the Lautoka system in 2010 and as #23 in 2014.
6 Clyde DHI-71 62-272 1962 Out of service Out of service for several years; useful components removed and locomotive taken away for scrap in February 2018.
9 E.M. Baldwin DH26B Mk3 6626-1-7-76 1976 Proserpine Mill In service

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Wilmar Sugar and Renewables. Proserpine Region – At a Glance. June 2025.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Whitsunday Regional Council. Whitsunday Local Heritage Register – Proserpine Sugar Mill.
  3. ↑ Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. Queensland Agricultural Journal, 1 May 1931.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Australian Cane Farmers Association. The Australian Cane Farmer, July–December 2011, p. 11.
  5. ↑ ABC News. Sugar mill goes into administration. 7 November 2011.
  6. ↑ ABC Rural. Sucrogen finally gets the Proserpine Sugar Mill. 9 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Railways and Tramways of Australia. Sugar Cane Railways.
  8. ↑ Walters, Chris. Sugar Cane 2024 – Part 1: Isis Central to Proserpine. Railway Digest, April 2024.
  9. ↑ Light Railway Research Society of Australia. Light Railways, February 2001.
  10. ↑ Light Railway Research Society of Australia. Light Railways, No. 291, June 2023.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Wilmar Sugar and Renewables. Proserpine Production Report – Week 20 ending 1 November 2025.
  12. ↑ Wilmar Sugar. Proserpine Production Report – Week 29 ending 14 January 2023.
  13. ↑ Wilmar Sugar. Proserpine Production Report – Week 26 ending 9 December 2023.
  14. ↑ Wilmar Sugar and Renewables. Proserpine Production Report – Week 25 ending 14 December 2024.
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