Kidaman Creek, Queensland

Kidaman Creek
Queensland
Kidaman Creek
Coordinates 26°38′45″S 152°46′20″E / 26.6458°S 152.7722°E / -26.6458; 152.7722Coordinates: 26°38′45″S 152°46′20″E / 26.6458°S 152.7722°E / -26.6458; 152.7722
Postcode(s) 4574
Area 31.2 km2 (12.0 sq mi)
LGA(s) Sunshine Coast Region
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)
Suburbs around Kidaman Creek:
Kenilworth Coolabine Obi Obi
Kenilworth Kidaman Creek Obi Obi
Curramore Curramore Curramore

Kidaman Creek is a locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Geography

Obi Obi Creek, a tributary of the Mary River, runs through the north-east of the locality.[2]

History

Pupils at Kidaman Creek State School, 1939

Kidaman Creek was formerly a locality in Caloundra City and a district in Maroochy Shire.[1]

Kidaman Creek State School opened in 1914 and closed about 1958.[3]

A postal receiving office opened on 20 November 1922 with a post office opening on 1 July 1927. The post office closed on 31 December 1930.

References

  1. 1 2 "Kidaman Creek - locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 48699)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0

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