Kinkuna is a coastal

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in the Bundaberg Region,

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, Australia. In the Kinkuna had a population of 111 people.

Geography

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 () and Gotlow railway station (), before exiting to the northwest (

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). Gotlow is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality near the Gotlow railway station ().

History

Gotlow takes its name from the Gotlow railway station, which was named on 3 April 1913 by the

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and is an Aboriginal word meaning ''

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''. The locality takes its name from the Kinkuna railway station which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 9 April 1941. is an Aboriginal word meaning "''

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''". In the Kinkuna had a population of 111 people.

References

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