Breadalbane, Queensland

Breadalbane is a rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Breadalbane had a population of 23 people.

Geography

Lethe Brook forms the south-western and south-eastern boundaries of the locality, entering from the south-west and exiting to the west.
The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south-west and exits to the north-west.
The land is flat and low-lying, being above sea level. The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and growing sugarcane. There is a cane tramway passing through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mill.

In 1894, George Augustus Henry Waite of the Breadalbane pastoral station offered up of land suitable for growing sugarcane on a rent-free basis for three years to selectors who were willing to cultivate the land. By doing so, he hoped to persuade the Queensland Government to support the establishment of a local sugar mill.

In the, Breadalbane had a population of 26 people.
In the, Breadalbane had a population of 23 people.

There are no schools in Breadalbane. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Proserpine State School and Proserpine State High School, both in neighbouring Proserpine to the north-west. There is also a Catholic primary-and-secondary school in Proserpine.