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| View Original: | StateLibQld 1 103848 Buildings on the Vilele Plantation, Bloomfield River district, ca. 1884.jpg (1000x751) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 103848 Buildings on the Vilele Plantation, Bloomfield River district, ca. 1884.jpg en Buildings on the Vilele Plantation Bloomfield River district ca 1884 <br /> The Vilele Plantation was founded on the northern bank of the Bloomfield River by the Bloomfield River Sugar Company and the manager was Frederick Bauer By 1884 over 200 acres had been planted with cane and the property had its own sugar mill By 1885 the company was in financial trouble because of depressed sugar prices and in 1886 was taken over by Weary Bay Sugar Company The Vilele Plantation was closed down completey in 1890 circa 1884 handle 10462/deriv/90816 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Bloomfield River district Sugar cane in Australia 1884 in Queensland 19th-century photographs of Queensland Sugar cane plantations in Queensland | ||||
