Kirknie is a rural

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in the

Shire of Burdekin The Shire of Burdekin is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between Townsville and Bowen in the delta of the Burdekin River. The shire covers an area of . It has e ...

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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 The Burdekin River is a river in North and Far North Queensland, Australia. The river rises on the northern slopes of Boulder Mountain at Valley of Lagoons, part of the western slope of the Seaview Range, and flows into the Coral Sea at Upsta ...

and to the south by the

Bogie River A bogie ( ) (or truck in North American English) comprises two or more wheelsets (two wheels on an axle), in a frame, attached under a vehicle by a pivot. Bogies take various forms in various modes of transport. A bogie may remain normally ...

. 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 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 stout, jointed, fib ...

. The rest of the locality is used for

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

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, Home Hill, Queensland on the banks of the Burdekin River. The cane sugar mill, mill was designed and built by the Scottish people, Scottish engineer J Pickering under the instruction ...

Home Hill Home Hill is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Home Hill had a population of 2,876 people. At the delta of the Burdekin River, it is a sugarc ...

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 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