Marian

Marian is a town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.

Marian is a town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It had a population of 3903 in 2016 census.

The town name Marian comes from the name of the (now closed) Marian railway station, which in turn reportedly derived its name from a local property called Mary Ann.Marian Mill Post Office opened by 1 January 1909 (a receiving office had been open from 1886) and was renamed Marian in 1910.In December 1882, Helen Porter Mitchell (later Dame Nellie Melba) married Charles Armstrong, the manager of the Marian Sugar Mill. A house was built for them beside the mill. It was not a happy marriage as they separated in December 1883. Their home was later relocated to a riverbank location on Eungella Road in Edward Lloyd Park two kilometres from the centre of Marian and named Melba House. It serves as a museum to Nellie Melba and as the Pioneer Valley Visitor Information Centre.The Marian Mill Provisional School opened on 15 November 1886. In 1899 it became the Marian State School.In the 2011 census Marian had a population of 3,019 people.