WHAT A SIGHT: The Moreton locomotive hauls another load of sugar cane across Currie Street towards the Nambour Mill. Picture: Contributed While working for the mill, Peter's uniform consisted of ...

And the cane trains that built Nambour? Nambour Sugar Mill's crushing began in 1897, when most cane was grown in and around Nambour. By 1967, when the Sunshine Coast was officially named ...

A sugar mill was built in 1896. Nambour is the most southerly of Queensland's major sugar towns and, interestingly, the cane was still cut by hand in the area as recently as the 1970s. This was ...

Mr Plater, who has written books about cane railways and received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his services to ...

“There was about 1100 cane cutters all spending money in the town, that’s what made Nambour, the sugar mill. “But it all changed. “You’ve got to go with progress, sometimes I don’t ...

THE Nambour Christmas Tramfest is the town's annual festive street party on the old sugar-cane train tracks in Howard St. Starting at 5pm, this event will include Christmas favourites such as the ...

MUMBAI, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Indian mills have produced 9.54 million metric tons of sugar since the season began on Oct. 1, down 15.5% year-on-year, a leading industry body said on Thursday, as cane ...