St Kilda, Queensland
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St Kilda Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 25°03′09″S 151°55′14″E / 25.0524°S 151.9205°ECoordinates: 25°03′09″S 151°55′14″E / 25.0524°S 151.9205°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 90 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 5.00/km2 (12.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4671 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 18.0 km2 (6.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Bundaberg Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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St Kilda is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census St Kilda had a population of 90 people.[1]
It is one of several Australian locations named after the St Kilda archipelago off the shore of Scotland.
Geography
St Kilda is a freehold farming area with cropping in the flatter northern part of the locality and grazing in the hillier land in the rest of the locality. It is bounded in the south-west by Currajong Creek.[3]
History
St Kilda State School was opened on 20 November 1915 by Thomas Armfield, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Musgrave. It was an open air school. It closed in 1922.[4][5]
In the 2016 census St Kilda had a population of 90 people.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "St Kilda (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "St Kilda – locality in Bundaberg Region (entry 44772)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS". The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser. Vol. 45, no. 5624. Queensland, Australia. 17 April 1915. p. 2. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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