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| name        = Tully Mill
| name        = Tully Mill
| image      = Steam rising from the Tully Sugar Mill with loaded cane train in foreground, 2016.jpg
| image      = Steam rising from the Tully Sugar Mill with loaded cane train in foreground, 2016.jpg
| caption    = Steam rising from the Tully Sugar Mill with loaded cane train in foreground, 2016
| caption    = Steam rising from Tully Sugar Mill with a loaded cane train in the foreground, 2016.
| coordinates = [https://www.google.com/maps?q=-17.934808375957864,145.9267456345267 17.93480° S, 145.92674° E]
| coordinates = 17.93480° S, 145.92674° E
| region      = [[Northern Region]]
| region      = [[Northern Region]]
| lga        = [[Cassowary Regional Council]]
| lga        = [[Cassowary Coast Regional Council]]
| established = 1925 ({{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1925}} years ago)
| established = 1925 ({{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1925}} years ago)
| closed      =  
| closed      =
| owner      = [[Cofco]]
| owner      = [[COFCO]]
| gauge      = 610 mm (2 ft)
| gauge      = 610 mm (2 ft)
| crush      = 2,400,000 tonnes average
| crush      = 2,162,130 tonnes (2024)
}}The Tully Sugar Mill was the last of the government-built mills in Queensland. Following the ''Sugar Works Act of 1922'', the Theodore State Government approved the construction of a mill on the banks of Banyan Creek. The site was selected by the Bureau of Central Mills, and the township of Tully (originally surveyed as Banyan) was established specifically to support the mill workers and service the facility.
}}
 
'''Tully Sugar Mill''' is a sugar mill located at [[Tully]], approximately 140 kilometres south of [[Cairns]], [[Queensland]]. The mill commenced crushing in 1925 and was the last Queensland Government-built sugar mill.
 
Tully is now operated by Tully Sugar Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chinese agribusiness [[COFCO]]. It is one of Australia's largest sugar mills and operates an extensive 610 mm (2 ft) cane railway serving the Tully district.
 
== History ==
 
=== Establishment ===
The development of a central sugar mill in the Tully district followed decades of proposals for expanded sugar cultivation in the Tully River valley.
 
Investigations by Queensland Government commissions identified the district as suitable for large-scale cane production. Under the Theodore Government, construction of a mill at Tully was approved under the ''Sugar Works Act 1922''.
 
The Tully Sugar Works Area was proclaimed on 19 June 1923. The mill site was selected beside Banyan Creek and an adjoining township was surveyed as part of the development.<ref name="TullyHistory">Tully Sugar Limited. ''About Tully Sugar Limited – The Early Days of Tully Sugar''.</ref>
 
The construction contract was awarded to Walkers Limited of Maryborough in August 1923. Bundaberg Foundry supplied additional machinery and equipment, while F.E. Barbat & Sons undertook construction of the factory.<ref name="TullyHistory" />
 
The mill's trial crushing season commenced on '''5 November 1925''' and continued until 16 January 1926. A total of 32,075 tonnes of cane was crushed to produce 3,946 tonnes of raw sugar.<ref name="TullyHistory" />
 
The first full crushing season began on 5 July 1926 and finished on 19 January 1927. During the 28-week season the mill processed 148,006 tonnes of cane and produced 19,754 tonnes of raw sugar. There were 256 supplying growers, including 74 returned-soldier settlers.<ref name="TullyHistory" />
 
In 1927, Tully became the first Australian sugar mill to crush more than 200,000 tonnes of cane in a single season.<ref name="Tully100">Tully 100 Centenary Committee. ''Tully Sugar 1925–2025''.</ref>
 
=== Cooperative ownership ===
The mill was initially owned and operated by the Queensland Government.
 
The ''Tully Sugar Works Act 1930'', assented to on 13 November 1930, authorised the transfer of management and control of the government mill to a cooperative association of growers.<ref name="TullyAct">Queensland Government. ''The Tully Sugar Works Act of 1930''.</ref>
 
The Tully Co-operative Sugar Milling Association was formed on 13 March 1931. In May 1931 the association took over the mill, with all 383 growers then supplying Tully applying for shares.<ref name="Tully100" />
 
The mill remained grower-controlled for almost six decades.
 
Tully's rapid development continued during the cooperative era. In 1933 it became the first Australian sugar mill to process more than 300,000 tonnes of cane in a season.<ref name="Tully100" />
 
=== Expansion and modernisation ===
Expansion of the Tully cane district required continuing increases in factory and transport capacity.
 
The mill underwent its first major upgrade in '''1963'''. The following year, 54 new cane assignments were granted as part of the Riversdale expansion, with most of the new growers beginning to supply Tully in 1965.<ref name="Tully100" />
 
On 18 September 1983, Tully celebrated its first '''one-million-tonne crushing season'''.<ref name="Tully100" />
 
Further growth continued through the following decades. On 28 October 2002, the mill reached a two-million-tonne crop for the first time.<ref name="Tully100" />
 
Two of Tully's largest seasons occurred in 2015 and 2016. The mill processed 2,897,999 tonnes in the 2015 season and approximately 2.936 million tonnes in 2016.<ref name="TullyRecords">CANEGROWERS Queensland. ''Annual Report 2022–23'', Tully district report.</ref>
 
=== Tully Sugar Limited ===
On 28 March 1990 the cooperative structure was replaced by a public company, '''Tully Sugar Limited'''.<ref name="Tully100" />
 
The change ended almost 60 years of operation as the Tully Co-operative Sugar Milling Association, although ownership remained predominantly in the hands of local growers and industry participants.
 
== COFCO ownership ==
In 2011 Tully Sugar became the subject of a competitive takeover involving the Chinese agribusiness COFCO, international agribusiness Bunge and the Australian grower-owned Mackay Sugar.
 
COFCO offered $44 per Tully Sugar share. In July 2011 it obtained a controlling interest of more than 60 per cent, and within weeks its holding had increased to approximately 99 per cent, allowing compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares.<ref name="COFCO2011">ABC Rural. ''COFCO takes controlling interest in Tully Sugar Mill''. 5 July 2011.</ref><ref name="COFCO99">ABC Rural. ''COFCO moves to compulsorily acquire final one per cent of Tully Sugar''. 20 July 2011.</ref>
 
The acquisition valued Tully Sugar at approximately $136 million.<ref name="COFCOValue">ABC Rural. ''China sweet on Aussie sugar''. 2 September 2011.</ref>
 
Tully Sugar Limited is now a wholly owned subsidiary of COFCO.<ref name="TullyCurrent">Tully Sugar Limited. ''About Tully Sugar Limited''.</ref>
 
== Cyclone Yasi ==
Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi crossed the Far North Queensland coast on 3 February 2011, with its eye passing through the Tully district.
 
Tully and the surrounding cane-growing areas sustained severe structural and crop damage. A post-cyclone assessment by BSES estimated major infrastructure damage at Tully Mill at approximately $10 million. Cane bins were blown from railway tracks and the district also suffered damage to crossings and other transport infrastructure.<ref name="YasiAssessment">BSES Limited. ''Post-cyclone crop assessment – Tully mill area'', 2011.</ref>
 
Local centenary records subsequently placed the value of infrastructure destroyed at the mill at more than $12 million.<ref name="Tully100" />
 
Despite the damage, the mill was repaired and returned to operation.
 
== Infrastructure ==
 
=== Cane railway ===
Tully Sugar operates one of Australia's largest 610 mm (2 ft) gauge cane railway systems.
 
The company's current network comprises more than '''200 kilometres of main-line railway''' together with approximately '''80 kilometres of delivery sidings and loops'''. Main lines are predominantly constructed with 60 lb rail.<ref name="TullyRail">Tully Sugar Limited. ''Processes – The Cane Rail Network''.</ref>
 
The railway serves cane-growing districts including Tully, Euramo, Riversdale, Murray River, Kennedy and El Arish.
 
Tully Sugar aims to deliver freshly harvested cane to the mill within approximately 12 hours of harvesting. Cane grown beyond the direct railway network may be transported by road semi-tipper to a rail siding before completing its journey to the mill by train.<ref name="TullyRail" />
 
The system uses 4-tonne cane bins, normally coupled in pairs to form nominal 8-tonne units.<ref name="TullyRail" />
 
=== Tully River crossing ===
The railway network crosses the Tully River to reach the major cane-growing districts south of the river. These southern districts account for a substantial proportion of the mill's crop; in 2022, the Murray, Riversdale, Euramo and Kennedy districts supplied more than two million tonnes, or approximately 72 per cent of the total crop.<ref name="Tully2022">CANEGROWERS Queensland. ''Annual Report 2022–23'', Tully district report.</ref>
 
During the 2020s Tully Sugar invested in a new cane railway bridge across the Tully River at Euramo. The new bridge entered use by the beginning of the 2026 crushing season and has been referred to locally as the '''Centenary Bridge'''.<ref name="NewBridge">Tully Sugar Limited. ''Paddock to Port – Rail Infrastructure and Network Improvements''.</ref>
 
The company also introduced a new '''Tully 2''' locomotive and new 10-tonne cane units as part of its recent railway investment.
 
=== Town running ===
Sections of the cane railway pass through the built-up area of Tully and cross a number of local roads and the [[Bruce Highway]].
 
The close interaction between the railway and township is a distinctive feature of Tully's cane transport system.
 
== Power generation ==
Bagasse, the fibrous residue remaining after cane crushing, is burnt in the mill's boilers to produce steam and electricity.
 
Tully Sugar states that approximately 99 per cent of the mill's energy during crushing is derived from renewable bagasse. The mill has exported surplus renewable electricity to the Queensland grid since the late 1990s, with export capacity of approximately 10 MW.<ref name="TullyEnergy">Tully Sugar Limited. ''About Tully Sugar Limited''.</ref>
 
As part of a major generator replacement and bagasse utilisation project, Tully installed a new '''18 MW extraction-condensing steam turbine generator''' alongside an existing 10 MW steam turbine generator.
 
The new 18 MW unit reached full operating capacity in December 2023.<ref name="Generator">Tully 100 Centenary Committee. ''Tully Sugar 1925–2025''.</ref>


The tender for construction was awarded to Walkers Ltd of Maryborough in August 1923. The mill conducted a trial crushing starting on 5 November 1925, with its first full season commencing in July 1926. It quickly proved efficient, becoming the first Australian sugar mill to crush over 200,000 tonnes of cane in a single season in 1927.
The generating plant also contains emergency diesel generators. Although installed generation capacity exceeds 18 MW, electricity export to the Ergon Energy distribution network is limited to approximately 10 MW.<ref name="EnergyApproval">Queensland Government. ''Tully Sugar Limited generating plant information paper''.</ref>


In 1930, the ''Tully Sugar Works Act'' authorised the transfer of the mill from government control to a grower-owned cooperative. The Tully Co-operative Sugar Milling Association was formed in March 1931, and the growers purchased the mill from the government later that year.
== Production statistics ==
Tully's annual crop varies substantially due to rainfall, cyclone impacts, crop yields and seasonal harvesting conditions.


=== Expansion and Modernisation (1960s to 1990s) ===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
The mill underwent its first major technical upgrade in 1963 to handle increased cane supply from the Riversdale expansion area. This expansion saw new assignments granted to soldier settlers and new farmers. By 1983, the mill celebrated its first million-tonne crush season.
|+ Selected documented production
! Season
! Cane crushed
! CCS
! Notes
|-
| 1925–26
| 32,075 tonnes
| —
| Trial crushing season from 5 November 1925 to 16 January 1926.<ref name="TullyHistory" />
|-
| 1926–27
| 148,006 tonnes
| —
| First full crushing season.<ref name="TullyHistory" />
|-
| 1927
| More than 200,000 tonnes
| —
| First Australian sugar mill to exceed 200,000 tonnes in a season.<ref name="Tully100" />
|-
| 1983
| More than 1,000,000 tonnes
| —
| First million-tonne season.<ref name="Tully100" />
|-
| 2015
| 2,897,999 tonnes
| 12.81
| Record crop at the time.<ref name="ABC2015">ABC Rural. ''Largest, longest cane season ends at Tully Sugar''. 4 January 2016.</ref>
|-
| 2016
| 2,935,957 tonnes
| —
| Largest crop recorded in Tully's history to that time.<ref name="TullyRecords" />
|-
| 2019
| 2,179,083 tonnes
| 13.56
| CANEGROWERS production statistics.<ref name="CG2020">CANEGROWERS Queensland. ''Annual Report 2020–21''.</ref>
|-
| 2020
| 2,463,558 tonnes
| 12.95
| CANEGROWERS production statistics.<ref name="CG2021">CANEGROWERS Queensland. ''Annual Report 2021–22''.</ref>
|-
| 2021
| 2,513,802 tonnes
| 12.38
| CANEGROWERS production statistics.<ref name="CG2021" />
|-
| 2022
| 2,879,289 tonnes
| 12.27
| Third-largest crop in the mill's history.<ref name="Tully2022" />
|-
| 2023
| 2,536,921 tonnes
| 12.70
| CANEGROWERS production statistics.<ref name="CG2023">CANEGROWERS Queensland. ''Annual Report 2023–24''.</ref>
|-
| 2024
| 2,162,130 tonnes
| 12.57
| Wet conditions reduced yield. The season finished at 12:18 am on 11 December.<ref name="CG2024">CANEGROWERS Queensland. ''Annual Report 2024–25'', Tully district report.</ref>
|}


In 1990, the structure of the organisation changed significantly. The cooperative was dissolved, and the entity was incorporated as an unlisted public company named Tully Sugar Limited. This change allowed for greater capital investment and modernisation of the milling train and transport infrastructure.
The five-season average for 2020–2024 was approximately '''2.51 million tonnes''' of cane per year.


=== Recent History and Foreign Acquisition (2000s to Present) ===
== Products and export ==
The early 21st century brought challenges, including severe weather events. In February 2011, Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi (Category 5) crossed the coast near Mission Beach. The mill suffered significant structural damage, and the surrounding crop was devastated, with losses estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars for the district.
Tully Mill produces raw sugar, molasses, bagasse, mill mud and ash.


Following the cyclone, the mill became the target of a takeover bid. In July 2011, the Chinese state-owned agribusiness COFCO (via its subsidiary Top Glory) acquired Tully Sugar Limited for approximately AUD 136 million, outbidding competitors such as Bunge and Wilmar. This ended 80 years of local grower ownership.
All raw sugar produced by Tully Sugar is exported through the [[Mourilyan Bulk Sugar Terminal]].<ref name="TullyProducts">Tully Sugar Limited. ''Products''.</ref>


Under COFCO, the mill has continued to upgrade its infrastructure, including the installation of a new 18MW steam turbine generator in 2023 to export renewable power to the grid.
The company reports typical raw-sugar production of approximately 277,000 to 300,000 tonnes per year, although output varies with crop size and CCS. Peak raw-sugar production was 366,000 tonnes in 2018.<ref name="TullyProducts" />
 
The mill also produces more than 65,000 tonnes of final molasses annually, approximately half of which is sold domestically for livestock feed while the balance is exported through Mourilyan Harbour.<ref name="TullyProducts" />


== Location ==
== Location ==
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<display_map>-17.93480, 145.92674</display_map>


== Rollingstock ==
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Tully Mill

Steam rising from Tully Sugar Mill with a loaded cane train in the foreground, 2016.
Steam rising from Tully Sugar Mill with a loaded cane train in the foreground, 2016.

Location
Coordinates 17.93480° S, 145.92674° E
State Queensland
Region Northern Region
LGA Cassowary Coast Regional Council
Details
Established 1925 (101 years ago)
Owner COFCO
Gauge 610 mm (2 ft)
Annual Crush 2,162,130 tonnes (2024)


Tully Sugar Mill is a sugar mill located at Tully, approximately 140 kilometres south of Cairns, Queensland. The mill commenced crushing in 1925 and was the last Queensland Government-built sugar mill.

Tully is now operated by Tully Sugar Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chinese agribusiness COFCO. It is one of Australia's largest sugar mills and operates an extensive 610 mm (2 ft) cane railway serving the Tully district.

History

Establishment

The development of a central sugar mill in the Tully district followed decades of proposals for expanded sugar cultivation in the Tully River valley.

Investigations by Queensland Government commissions identified the district as suitable for large-scale cane production. Under the Theodore Government, construction of a mill at Tully was approved under the Sugar Works Act 1922.

The Tully Sugar Works Area was proclaimed on 19 June 1923. The mill site was selected beside Banyan Creek and an adjoining township was surveyed as part of the development.[1]

The construction contract was awarded to Walkers Limited of Maryborough in August 1923. Bundaberg Foundry supplied additional machinery and equipment, while F.E. Barbat & Sons undertook construction of the factory.[1]

The mill's trial crushing season commenced on 5 November 1925 and continued until 16 January 1926. A total of 32,075 tonnes of cane was crushed to produce 3,946 tonnes of raw sugar.[1]

The first full crushing season began on 5 July 1926 and finished on 19 January 1927. During the 28-week season the mill processed 148,006 tonnes of cane and produced 19,754 tonnes of raw sugar. There were 256 supplying growers, including 74 returned-soldier settlers.[1]

In 1927, Tully became the first Australian sugar mill to crush more than 200,000 tonnes of cane in a single season.[2]

Cooperative ownership

The mill was initially owned and operated by the Queensland Government.

The Tully Sugar Works Act 1930, assented to on 13 November 1930, authorised the transfer of management and control of the government mill to a cooperative association of growers.[3]

The Tully Co-operative Sugar Milling Association was formed on 13 March 1931. In May 1931 the association took over the mill, with all 383 growers then supplying Tully applying for shares.[2]

The mill remained grower-controlled for almost six decades.

Tully's rapid development continued during the cooperative era. In 1933 it became the first Australian sugar mill to process more than 300,000 tonnes of cane in a season.[2]

Expansion and modernisation

Expansion of the Tully cane district required continuing increases in factory and transport capacity.

The mill underwent its first major upgrade in 1963. The following year, 54 new cane assignments were granted as part of the Riversdale expansion, with most of the new growers beginning to supply Tully in 1965.[2]

On 18 September 1983, Tully celebrated its first one-million-tonne crushing season.[2]

Further growth continued through the following decades. On 28 October 2002, the mill reached a two-million-tonne crop for the first time.[2]

Two of Tully's largest seasons occurred in 2015 and 2016. The mill processed 2,897,999 tonnes in the 2015 season and approximately 2.936 million tonnes in 2016.[4]

Tully Sugar Limited

On 28 March 1990 the cooperative structure was replaced by a public company, Tully Sugar Limited.[2]

The change ended almost 60 years of operation as the Tully Co-operative Sugar Milling Association, although ownership remained predominantly in the hands of local growers and industry participants.

COFCO ownership

In 2011 Tully Sugar became the subject of a competitive takeover involving the Chinese agribusiness COFCO, international agribusiness Bunge and the Australian grower-owned Mackay Sugar.

COFCO offered $44 per Tully Sugar share. In July 2011 it obtained a controlling interest of more than 60 per cent, and within weeks its holding had increased to approximately 99 per cent, allowing compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares.[5][6]

The acquisition valued Tully Sugar at approximately $136 million.[7]

Tully Sugar Limited is now a wholly owned subsidiary of COFCO.[8]

Cyclone Yasi

Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi crossed the Far North Queensland coast on 3 February 2011, with its eye passing through the Tully district.

Tully and the surrounding cane-growing areas sustained severe structural and crop damage. A post-cyclone assessment by BSES estimated major infrastructure damage at Tully Mill at approximately $10 million. Cane bins were blown from railway tracks and the district also suffered damage to crossings and other transport infrastructure.[9]

Local centenary records subsequently placed the value of infrastructure destroyed at the mill at more than $12 million.[2]

Despite the damage, the mill was repaired and returned to operation.

Infrastructure

Cane railway

Tully Sugar operates one of Australia's largest 610 mm (2 ft) gauge cane railway systems.

The company's current network comprises more than 200 kilometres of main-line railway together with approximately 80 kilometres of delivery sidings and loops. Main lines are predominantly constructed with 60 lb rail.[10]

The railway serves cane-growing districts including Tully, Euramo, Riversdale, Murray River, Kennedy and El Arish.

Tully Sugar aims to deliver freshly harvested cane to the mill within approximately 12 hours of harvesting. Cane grown beyond the direct railway network may be transported by road semi-tipper to a rail siding before completing its journey to the mill by train.[10]

The system uses 4-tonne cane bins, normally coupled in pairs to form nominal 8-tonne units.[10]

Tully River crossing

The railway network crosses the Tully River to reach the major cane-growing districts south of the river. These southern districts account for a substantial proportion of the mill's crop; in 2022, the Murray, Riversdale, Euramo and Kennedy districts supplied more than two million tonnes, or approximately 72 per cent of the total crop.[11]

During the 2020s Tully Sugar invested in a new cane railway bridge across the Tully River at Euramo. The new bridge entered use by the beginning of the 2026 crushing season and has been referred to locally as the Centenary Bridge.[12]

The company also introduced a new Tully 2 locomotive and new 10-tonne cane units as part of its recent railway investment.

Town running

Sections of the cane railway pass through the built-up area of Tully and cross a number of local roads and the Bruce Highway.

The close interaction between the railway and township is a distinctive feature of Tully's cane transport system.

Power generation

Bagasse, the fibrous residue remaining after cane crushing, is burnt in the mill's boilers to produce steam and electricity.

Tully Sugar states that approximately 99 per cent of the mill's energy during crushing is derived from renewable bagasse. The mill has exported surplus renewable electricity to the Queensland grid since the late 1990s, with export capacity of approximately 10 MW.[13]

As part of a major generator replacement and bagasse utilisation project, Tully installed a new 18 MW extraction-condensing steam turbine generator alongside an existing 10 MW steam turbine generator.

The new 18 MW unit reached full operating capacity in December 2023.[14]

The generating plant also contains emergency diesel generators. Although installed generation capacity exceeds 18 MW, electricity export to the Ergon Energy distribution network is limited to approximately 10 MW.[15]

Production statistics

Tully's annual crop varies substantially due to rainfall, cyclone impacts, crop yields and seasonal harvesting conditions.

Selected documented production
Season Cane crushed CCS Notes
1925–26 32,075 tonnes — Trial crushing season from 5 November 1925 to 16 January 1926.[1]
1926–27 148,006 tonnes — First full crushing season.[1]
1927 More than 200,000 tonnes — First Australian sugar mill to exceed 200,000 tonnes in a season.[2]
1983 More than 1,000,000 tonnes — First million-tonne season.[2]
2015 2,897,999 tonnes 12.81 Record crop at the time.[16]
2016 2,935,957 tonnes — Largest crop recorded in Tully's history to that time.[4]
2019 2,179,083 tonnes 13.56 CANEGROWERS production statistics.[17]
2020 2,463,558 tonnes 12.95 CANEGROWERS production statistics.[18]
2021 2,513,802 tonnes 12.38 CANEGROWERS production statistics.[18]
2022 2,879,289 tonnes 12.27 Third-largest crop in the mill's history.[11]
2023 2,536,921 tonnes 12.70 CANEGROWERS production statistics.[19]
2024 2,162,130 tonnes 12.57 Wet conditions reduced yield. The season finished at 12:18 am on 11 December.[20]

The five-season average for 2020–2024 was approximately 2.51 million tonnes of cane per year.

Products and export

Tully Mill produces raw sugar, molasses, bagasse, mill mud and ash.

All raw sugar produced by Tully Sugar is exported through the Mourilyan Bulk Sugar Terminal.[21]

The company reports typical raw-sugar production of approximately 277,000 to 300,000 tonnes per year, although output varies with crop size and CCS. Peak raw-sugar production was 366,000 tonnes in 2018.[21]

The mill also produces more than 65,000 tonnes of final molasses annually, approximately half of which is sold domestically for livestock feed while the balance is exported through Mourilyan Harbour.[21]

Location

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Rollingstock

Name Builder Model Serial Year Current Mill Notes
Tully 1 / Charlotte E.M. Baldwin DH8-PS 6/1082.3 2.65 1965 Tully Mill Workshop shunter (2025). Carries incorrect builder's plate 6/1064-4-2-65; correct builder's number is 6/1082.3 2.65.
Tully 2 / Priscilla E.M. Baldwin DH8-PS 6/1082.2 2.65 1965 Tully Mill Navvy duties (2025). Carries incorrect builder's plate 6/1064-3-2-65; correct builder's number is 6/1082.2 2.65.
Tully 3 / Coolies E.M. Baldwin DH8-PS 6/1082.1 2.65 1965 Out of service Static display at mill gates. Carries incorrect builder's plate 6/1064-2-2-65; correct builder's number is 6/1082.1 2.65.
Tully 4 Walkers GH500 622 1969 Tully Mill Ex QR DH40; rebuilt by Walkers in 1996.
Tully 5 Walkers GH500 650 1969 Tully Mill Ex QR DH63; rebuilt by Walkers in 1993.
Tully 6 Walkers GH500 653 1970 Tully Mill Ex QR DH66; rebuilt by Walkers in 1993.
Balmoral E.M Baldwin DH32B 10684-1-4-83 1983 Marian Mill Was Tully 7. Swapped 2008.
10 Commonwealth Engineering AD AD1341 1960 Tully Mill Navvy duties. 2025.
Tully 11 Commonwealth Engineering AD AD1347 1960 Tully Mill Paired with Tully 16. 2024
Tully 12 Commonwealth Engineering AD AD1351 1961 Out of service Stored out of use at Tully Mill as of August 2023.
Tully 14 Commonwealth Engineering AK AK2663 1963 Tully Mill Navvy duties. 2025
Tully 16 Commonwealth Engineering AH AH4484 1964 Tully Mill Paired with Tully 11. 2024.
Tully 17 Commonwealth Engineering AH AH52100 1966 Out of service Stored at Tully Mill (2025).
Tully 18 Commonwealth Engineering AO AO60113 1977 Tully Mill Navvy duties. 2025
No. 9 Clyde DHI DHI.4 1954 Out of service Converted in 1989 to a six-wheel brake wagon using the locomotive frame; recorded stored out of use at Tully in August 2023.
Tully 3 Walkers GH500 643 1970 Tully Mill Ex QR DH56 and Cooks Construction CC03; rebuilt by Tully in 2013.
Tully 7 Walkers GH500 657 1970 Tully Mill Ex QR DH70; rebuilt in 1994. Ex Balberra, Racecourse Mill; transferred to Tully in 2008.
Tully 8 Walkers GH500 606 1969 Tully Mill Ex QR DH24 and Cooks Construction CC05; rebuilt by Bundaberg Foundry in 2004.
Tully 9 Walkers GH500 618 1969 Tully Mill Ex QR DH36 and Cooks Construction CC06; rebuilt by Tully in 2010.
Tully 15 Commonwealth Engineering AK AK3574 1964 Out of service Stored out of use at Tully Mill as of August 2023.
Tully 2 Walkers GH500 586 1968 Tully Mill Ex QR DH4 and Cooks Construction CC01. Rebuilt/converted by Tully in 2024.
No. 8 John Fowler 21912 1936 Out of service Rebuilt by E.M. Baldwin as 590-9-63 in 1963; preserved at Illawarra Light Railway Museum, Albion Park NSW.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Tully Sugar Limited. About Tully Sugar Limited – The Early Days of Tully Sugar.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Tully 100 Centenary Committee. Tully Sugar 1925–2025.
  3. ↑ Queensland Government. The Tully Sugar Works Act of 1930.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 CANEGROWERS Queensland. Annual Report 2022–23, Tully district report.
  5. ↑ ABC Rural. COFCO takes controlling interest in Tully Sugar Mill. 5 July 2011.
  6. ↑ ABC Rural. COFCO moves to compulsorily acquire final one per cent of Tully Sugar. 20 July 2011.
  7. ↑ ABC Rural. China sweet on Aussie sugar. 2 September 2011.
  8. ↑ Tully Sugar Limited. About Tully Sugar Limited.
  9. ↑ BSES Limited. Post-cyclone crop assessment – Tully mill area, 2011.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Tully Sugar Limited. Processes – The Cane Rail Network.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 CANEGROWERS Queensland. Annual Report 2022–23, Tully district report.
  12. ↑ Tully Sugar Limited. Paddock to Port – Rail Infrastructure and Network Improvements.
  13. ↑ Tully Sugar Limited. About Tully Sugar Limited.
  14. ↑ Tully 100 Centenary Committee. Tully Sugar 1925–2025.
  15. ↑ Queensland Government. Tully Sugar Limited generating plant information paper.
  16. ↑ ABC Rural. Largest, longest cane season ends at Tully Sugar. 4 January 2016.
  17. ↑ CANEGROWERS Queensland. Annual Report 2020–21.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 CANEGROWERS Queensland. Annual Report 2021–22.
  19. ↑ CANEGROWERS Queensland. Annual Report 2023–24.
  20. ↑ CANEGROWERS Queensland. Annual Report 2024–25, Tully district report.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Tully Sugar Limited. Products.
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