Kings Siding is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Kings Siding had a population of 15 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south by the Western railway line. The land is relatively flat, ranging from above sea level. The land use is a mix of crop growing and

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on native vegetation. Kings railway siding was on the Western railway on the boundary between the localities of Kings Siding and Kingsthorpe ().

History

The locality was officially named and bounded on 7 September 2001. The name refers to the former KIngs railway siding on the Western railway line which, like neighbouring

Kingsthorpe Kingsthorpe is a suburb and civil parish of Northampton, England. It is situated to the north of Northampton town centre and is served by the A508 and A5199 roads which join at Kingsthorpe's centre. The 2011 Census recorded the population of ...

, takes its name ''King'' from

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and his family of pastoralists who owned the Gowrie pastoral station from 1841. The siding was established by 1891. In 1902 the siding is called King and Sons' Siding and is adjacent to the coal mine established by the King family, but in 1975 appears simply as King's Siding.

Demographics

In the , Kings Siding had a population of 16 people. In the , Kings Siding had a population of 15 people.

Education

There are no schools in King's Siding. The nearest primary school is Kingsthorpe State School in neighbouring Kingsthorpe to the south-east. The nearest secondary school is Oakey State High School in

Oakey Oakey is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Oakey Army Aviation Centre, Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport. In the , the locality of Oakey had a pop ...

to the west.

References

{{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland