Kirknie is a rural

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in the Shire of Burdekin,

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, Australia. In the , Kirknie had a population of 70 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the west by the Burdekin River and to the south by the

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. The west and centre of the locality are at relatively low elevations, but the terrain rises steeply in other parts of the locality. The Stokes Range is in the north () rising to elevations of . Mount Leslie is in the east () at . Mount Louisa is in the south () rising to , together with the Gregory Ranges (). The west and centre of the locality are used for crop growing, predominantly

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

. The rest of the locality is used for

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on native vegetation. There is a cane tramway to transport the harvested sugarcane to the

Inkerman Sugar Mill The Inkerman Sugar Mill is located in Home Hill, Queensland on the banks of the Burdekin River. The mill was designed and built by the Scottish engineer J Pickering under the instruction of John Drysdale, using machinery manufactured by Geo Flet ...

Home Hill Home Hill is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Home Hill had a population of 2,954 people. At the delta of the Burdekin River, it is a sugarcane growing area with underground wa ...

History

The locality was officially named and bounded on 23 February 2001.

Demographics

In the , Kirknie had a population of 58 people. In the , Kirknie had a population of 70 people.

Education

There are no schools in Kirknie. The nearest government primary school is Osborne State School in neighbouring

Osborne Osborne may refer to: * Osborne (name) Places Australia * Osborne, South Australia (disambiguation), places associated with the suburb in the Adelaide metropolitan area * Osborne, New South Wales, a rural community in the Riverina region Can ...

to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Home Hill State High School in Home Hill to the north-east.

References

{{Shire of Burdekin Shire of Burdekin Localities in Queensland