St Kilda, Queensland
St Kilda is a locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]
| St Kilda Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  St Kilda | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25.0524°S 151.9205°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4671 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 20.0 km2 (7.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Bundaberg Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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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.[2]
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.[3][4]
References
- "St Kilda - locality in Bundaberg Region (entry 44772)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- "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. 45 (5624). Queensland, Australia. 17 April 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 1 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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