Kings Beach is a coastal

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in the

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, Australia, located directly east of Caloundra CBD. In the , Kings Beach had a population of 3,042 people.

Geography

The suburb faces the

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from its north-east to its south, with a sandy beach to the south and south-east and a rocky headland to the north and north-east. The suburb locality is quite hilly ranging from the beach at sea level to the north-west of the locality at over and the headland is at . The suburb has medium density housing, both permanently occupied and for holiday accommodation. The commercial development is mostly along the beach front where there are also amenities for beach visitors (showers and toilets). There is parkland along the beach front and a walking path around the headland.

History

Kings Beach was named after the King family, the first European residents in the area. After living at Moffat Head in James Moffat's home for a while, they moved to the Kings Beach area in 1893. St Andrew's Anglican Church was dedicated on Sunday 22 January 1939 by

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. The construction of the church had been strongly encouraged by Wand who holidayed at Caloundra with his friend

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Leslie Wilson. The Governor also attended the church's dedication. On 10 December 1966 the foundation stone of the new church was laid Archbishop

Philip Strong :''Both the subject and his father sometimes used ''Warrington Strong'' as a surname.'' Sir Philip Nigel Warrington Strong (11 July 18996 July 1983) served as the fourth Bishop of New Guinea from 1936 to 1962 and the fifth Anglican Anglican Ar ...

, who opened and dedicated the new church on 8 December 1967. The new church was consecrated in 1974. Within Kings Beach's boundaries is Wickham Head, a headland off which the hospital ship

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is believed to have been sunk by Japanese submarines in 1943.

Demographics

In the , Kings Beach had a population of 2,788 people. In the , Kings Beach had a population of 3,042 people.

Heritage listings

Kings Beach has a number of

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sites, including: * 6 Arthur Street and 3 Canberra Terrace:

Caloundra Lighthouses Caloundra Lighthouses are a heritage-listed pair of lighthouses at 3 Canberra Terrace, near Arthur Street, Kings Beach, Queensland, Kings Beach, Caloundra, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. The first, known as the Old Caloundra Lig ...

* Ormonde Terrace:

Kings Beach Bathing Pavilion Kings Beach Bathing Pavilion is a heritage-listed public bathing, changing rooms at Ormonde Terrace, Kings Beach, Queensland, Kings Beach, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Clifford Ernest Plant and built in 1937 ...

Education

There are no schools in Kings Beach, but there are primary and secondary schools in neighbouring

Amenities

St Andrew's Anglican Church is at 46 Upper Gay Terrace, Kings Beach ().

References

External links

* {{Sunshine Coast Region Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region Caloundra Beaches of Queensland