Brandon, Queensland

Brandon, Queensland is a small town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Brandon had a population of 1,267 people.EconomyBrandon is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. Wilmar Sugar Australia operates two sugar mills in Brandon, the Kalamia Sugar Mill in the north-east of the locality on Lilliesmere Road beside the Lilliesmere Lagoon and the Pioneer Sugar Mill in the west of the locality on Pioneer Mill Road.HistoryBrandon Post Office opened on 6 September 1883.At the 2006 census, Brandon had a population of 783.Heritage listingsBrandon has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: 27 Spiller Street: St Patrick's Catholic Church