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State honours for former Morayfield Sugar Plantation
The remains of the Morayfield Sugar Plantation, one of the earliest developments in Queensland’s prominent sugar industry, have been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register as an archaeological place.
Queensland Heritage Council (QHC), Chair Professor Peter Coaldrake, said the site on Nolan Drive at Morayfield could provide important information about Queensland’s history that could not be found elsewhere.
“Morayfield Sugar Plantation was established on the southern bank of the Caboolture River in 1866,” Professor Coaldrake said.
“It was owned until 1889 by George Raff, a prominent early citizen in Queensland, who made a major contribution to the development of the sugar industry and was a former member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
“Raff was also a major supporter of the use of indentured South Sea Islander labour in the sugar industry and employed many of them at Morayfield between 1866 and 1889 when cane was grown to produce sugar, rum and molasses.
“Any archaeological artefacts found at this site could provide us with information about key aspects of Queensland’s history, particularly the development of early sugar growing, processing and distilling operations, and the role of South Sea Islander people in Queensland’s sugar industry.”
Professor Coaldrake said few places associated with the use of indentured labourers from the South Sea Islands have survived in southern Queensland.
“We could potentially learn about the everyday lives of the people who lived and worked on the plantation; lives that are not well documented elsewhere,” he said.
Cane farming and all related production ceased at the plantation around 1886. After George Raff died in 1889, the plantation was eventually sold and converted to dairying in 1901.
The current owners of the site, North East Business Park Pty Ltd, are planning to redevelop it as a commercial centre which incorporates and protects the heritage-listed area.
The Queensland Heritage Council is the State’s independent peak body and advisor on heritage matters and determines what places are entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Places that are entered in the Heritage Register are considered of importance to Queensland’s history and are protected under heritage legislation.