Fairymead, Queensland

Fairymead is a coastal locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Fairymead had a population of 28 people.

Geography
Fairymead is bounded to the north and north-east by the Coral Sea and to east and south-east by the Burnett River.

Barubbra Island is an island at the mouth of the Burnett River (-24.7488°N, 152.3861°W). It is a wetland area protected within the Barubbra Island Conservation Park.

The predominant land use is growing sugarcane. There is a cane tramway network through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to local sugar mills.

History
Fairymead was originally established as the Fairymead Sugar Plantation with its associated Fairymead Sugar Mill (-24.7898°N, 152.3568°W). The heritage-listed house built by the plantation owners, Fairymead House, has been relocated to the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens.

Fairymead Provisional School opened on 20 July 1893. On 1 January 1909 it became Fairymead State School. It closed in 1983. It was located at the eastern end of Colvins Road (approx -24.8094°N, 152.3484°W).

Demographics
In the, Fairymead had a population of 33 people.

In the, Fairymead had a population of 28 people.

Education
There are no schools in Fairymead. The nearest government primary schools are Moore Park Beach State School in neighbouring Moore Park Beach to the north-west, Gooburrum State School in neighbouring Gooburrum to the south-west, and Bundaberg North State School in Bundaberg North to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Bundaberg North State High School in Bundaberg North.