St Kilda, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
St Kilda
State:qld
Coordinates:-25.0524°N 151.9205°W
Pop:99
Postcode:4671
Area:18.0
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:12
Dir1:SW
Location1:Gin Gin
Dist2:61.5
Dir2:SW
Location2:Bundaberg
Dist3:346
Dir3:N
Location3:Brisbane
Lga:Bundaberg Region
Stategov:Callide
Fedgov:Flynn
Near-N:Tirroan
Near-Ne:Redhill Farms
Near-E:Skyring Reserve
Near-Se:Wallaville
Near-S:Wallaville
Near-Sw:Horse Camp
Near-W:Horse Camp
Near-Nw:Dalysford

St Kilda is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, St Kilda had a population of 99 people.

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.

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.[2] It was on the south-east corner of Currajong Farms Road and Booths Road .[3]

Demographics

In the, St Kilda had a population of 90 people.

In the, St Kilda had a population of 99 people.

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.

Notes and References

  1. 26 December 2020.
  2. News: OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS . . 45 . 5624 . Queensland, Australia . 17 April 1915 . 1 August 2017 . 2 . National Library of Australia . 26 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126132854/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215693602 . live .
  3. Web site: 1923 . County of Bowen . 27 January 2023 . . Map.