Type: | suburb |
Kinkuna | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -25.0252°N 152.4475°W |
Pop: | 105 |
Postcode: | 4670 |
Area: | 113.8 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Lga: | Bundaberg Region |
Stategov: | Burnett |
Fedgov: | Hinkler |
Near-N: | Calavos |
Near-Ne: | Coonarr |
Near-E: | Coral Sea |
Near-Se: | Woodgate |
Near-S: | Woodgate |
Near-Sw: | Goodwood |
Near-W: | Elliott |
Near-Nw: | Alloway |
Kinkuna is a coastal locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Kinkuna had a population of 105 people.
The North Coast railway line runs along the western boundary of the locality entering the locality from the south-west (Goodwood / Woodgate), passing through Kinkuna railway station (-25.0529°N 152.3959°W) and Gotlow railway station (-24.9924°N 152.3831°W), before exiting to the northwest (Alloway).[2] [3]
Gotlow is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality near the Gotlow railway station (-25°N 152.3833°W).
Gotlow takes its name from the Gotlow railway station, which was named on 3 April 1913 by the Queensland Railways Department and is an Aboriginal word meaning koala.[4]
The locality takes its name from the Kinkuna railway station which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 9 April 1941. Australian languages: Kinkuna is an Aboriginal word meaning "laughing".[5]
In the Kinkuna had a population of 111 people.
In the, Kinkuna had a population of 105 people.