Historic Sarina

12/08/2021

A view from the diner at two other old buildings in Sarina
The Queenslander to the right is over 100yo
And the little shop has been many businesses over its life - now the local Chiropractor

Linton having his first breakfast

12/08/2021

A great place to eat

Fundraising for under 9 croc team come down grab at ticket help the youngs lads forfull a dream iam also donating a $20 voucher for breaky as well sarina carpet care doing carpet cleaning
Tickets on sale now

18/06/2020

Sarina museum has just posted this in the Daily Mercury - can you help out?
Needing information of what businesses you can remember in each of these places and do you have photos?
Contact me please

17/06/2020

Check out other stories in the area too
This one is the Sarina robbery

29/06/2019

Photo of Broad St. from where National Bank to Bendigo Bank is today.

25/06/2019

Does anyone have some Koumala photos they can share to help out

05/11/2018

I’m always on the lookout for Sarina history pickies, let me know what you have as I’m sure others would love to see them too 😍

22/09/2018

An old Sarina cordial bottle recently found

17/04/2018

Did you know
- from Aussietowns.com.au

Sarina History

* Prior to the arrival of Europeans the area was occupied by members of the Yuwi Aboriginal language group.

* In the late 1850s John and James Atherton overlanded sheep to Rockhampton from the New England district of New South Wales.

* The first Europeans in the area arrived in 1865 and established a property known as Plane Creek.

* In 1869 the surveyor William Wilson named Sarina Inlet.

* By the 1880s land in the area was being selected and developed.

* In 1894 a sugar mill was built on Plane Creek by local sugar growers.

* The Plane Creek mill started operating in 1896 and within a year the town had a blacksmith, a postmaster and a general store.

* A primary school was built in 1897.

* By 1905 the town had two hotels.

* The local Catholic church was consecrated in 1907.

* In 1908 the town was renamed Sarina.

* The Church of England was consecrated in 1910.

* Sarina Shire was created in 1912.

* By 1913 Sarina was connected by rail to Mackay.

* A Catholic primary school was opened in 1925.

* An alcohol distillery (an early example of ethanol from sugar) was opened in 1927.

* 1935 saw electricity reach the town.

* The town's golf course was built in 1936.

* The town's hospital was opened in 1962.

* In 1964 the town's high school was opened.

* Hay Point Coal Terminal opened in 1971.

* Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal opened in 1983.

* CSR opened a sugar mill in the town in 1987.

* Armstrong Beach was officially named in 1999.

17/04/2018

Police station/court house 1963