St Kilda, Queensland

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]

St Kilda
Queensland
St Kilda is located in Queensland
St Kilda
St Kilda
Coordinates25.0524°S 151.9205°E / -25.0524; 151.9205 (St Kilda (centre of locality))
Population90 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density5.00/km2 (12.9/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4671
Area18.0 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Bundaberg Region
State electorate(s)Callide
Federal division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around St Kilda:
Dalysford Tirroan Redhill Farms
Horse Camp St Kilda Skyring Reserve
Horse Camp Wallaville Wallaville

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] It was on the south-east corner of Currajong Farms Road and Booths Road (25.04978°S 151.93009°E / -25.04978; 151.93009 (St Kilda State School (former))).[6][3]

In the 2016 census, St Kilda had a population of 90 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in St Kilda. The nearest government primary schools are Wallaville State School in neighbouring Wallaville to the south-east and Gin Gin State School in Gin Gin to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Gin Gin State High School in Gin Gin.[3]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "St Kilda (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "St Kilda – locality in Bundaberg Region (entry 44772)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "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.
  6. "County of Bowen" (Map). Queensland Government. 1923. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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