Kitoba is a rural
locality
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in the
South Burnett Region
The South Burnett Region is a local government area in the South Burnett district of Queensland, Australia.
In the , the South Burnett Region had a population of 32,996 people.
Geography
The South Burnett Region covers an area , containing a ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Kitoba had a population of 17 people.
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Geography
The Murgon Gayndah Road enters the locality from the south-west ( Cloyna) and exits to the west (Windera
Windera is a town in the South Burnett Region and a locality split between the South Burnett Region and the Gympie Region in Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Windera had a population of 105 people.
Geography
Windera was the term ...
).Burnett River
The Burnett River is a river in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta and east ...
within the North East Coast drainage basin
The north-east coast drainage division or north-east coast basin is the area of Queensland between the Great Dividing Range and the Pacific Ocean. It lies between Torres Strait and an arbitrary line drawn along the Queensland - New South Wales bo ...
.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 with some crop growing and plantation forestry.
History
The locality takes its name from the Kitoba railway station name, which was named on 3 July 1926 by the Queensland Railways Department
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Queensland Rail is owned by the Queensland Government, and operates both suburban and interurban rail services in South East Queensland, as well as long-distance passenger t ...
. The name ''Kitoba'' is thought to be an Aboriginal word referring to paint stone (possibly in connection with body painting
Body painting is a form of body art where artwork is painted directly onto the human skin. Unlike tattoos and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, lasting several hours or sometimes up to a few weeks (in the case of mehndi or ...
). The station was previously known as ''Boolel'', another Aboriginal word, meaning silver leafed ironbark tree.[ The station was to the west of the junction of Gayndah Murgon Road and Kitoba Road on the Windera railway line (approx ). The railway line closed in 1961.
The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity was opened on 24 May 1957 by Archdeacon Richards. It was closed on 3 June 2005 by Assistant Bishop Nolan. The church was at 2272 Gayndah Road () until 2007 when the church building was relocated to Cloyna State School.]
Demographics
In the , Kitoba had a population of 13 people.
Education
There are no schools in Kitoba. The nearest government primary schools are Windera State School in neighbouring Windera to the west and Cloyna State School in neighbouring Cloyna to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Murgon State High School in Murgon
Murgon () is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Murgon had a population of 2,220 people.
Geography
Murgon is in the region of Queensland ...
to the south-east.
References
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South Burnett Region
Localities in Queensland