Jarvisfield, a rural locality, is seven km south-east
of Ayr, in the direction of the mouth of the
Burdekin River. It was named after the Jarvisfield
pastoral run (1862), which by the early 1880s
was nearly all cut up for farm selections. The
Kalamia and Pioneer sugar mills (1883, 1884)
were opened north and west, each about seven
km from Ayr, ensuring ready intakes of cane from
Jarvisfield farms.