page_title: Farleigh, Queensland
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Farleigh, Queensland / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Farleigh Sugar Mill, Mackay, ca. 1895.
context_page_description: Farleigh is a town and a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
context_section_description: Farleigh Mill was built in 1883 by Sir John Bennett Laws. For the first years, the mill had an associated sugar plantation. In 1900 the mill was sold to Farleigh Estate Sugar Co Ltd in 1900 and developed so that it could replace a number of the local mills: Ashburton, The Cedars, Coningsby, Pioneer, Richmond, Nindaroo, Habana and Dumbleton. In 1921 the CSR Company discontinued operations at the nearby Homebush Mill and the Farleigh Mill took over their crushing. After Farleigh Estate Sugar Co Ltd went bankrupt in 1926, the mill was purchased by a co-operative of local sugarcane growers. In November 1987 Farleigh Mill merged with other Mackay district mills to created the Mackay Sugar Co-operative Association Ltd.
  Coningsby State School opened on 24 November 1884.
  Farleigh State School opened on 1 March 1909.
caption: Farleigh Sugar Mill, circa 1895
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