MARYBOROUGH

maryborough, a town of march county, queensland, australia, on the left bank and 25 m. from the mouth of the mary river, 180 m. by rail n. of brisbane. pop. (1901), 10,159. besides a handsome court-house and town hall, the principal buildings are the hospital, a technical college, a library, the anglican church of st paul with a fine tower and peal of bells, and the grammar schools. there is a large shipbuilding yard, and breweries, distilleries, a tannery, boot factories, soap works, saw-mills, flour-mills, carriage works and iron foundries, besides extensive sugar factories in the neighbourhood. the largest smelting works in australia are 5 m. distant, in which ore from all the states is treated. maryborough is the port of shipment for a wide agricultural district yielding maize and sugar, and also for the gympie gold-fields. timber abounds in the neighbourhood and is exported. maryborough is also the second coaling port in queensland, the government railway wharf being in direct communication with the burrum coal-fields.