St Kilda is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , St Kilda had a population of 90 people. It may have been named after the St Kilda archipelago off the shore of Scotland.

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

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, the Member of the

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for Musgrave. It was an open air school. It closed in 1922. It was on the south-east corner of Currajong Farms Road and Booths Road (). In the , St Kilda had a population of 90 people.

Education

There are no schools in St Kilda. The nearest government primary schools are Wallaville State School in neighbouring

Wallaville Wallaville is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It is north of the state capital, Brisbane and south west of the regional centre of Bundaberg. In the , Wallaville had a population of 410 people. Geograp ...

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.

References

{{Bundaberg Region Bundaberg Region Localities in Queensland