Kilkivan, Queensland

Kilkivan, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Kilkivan
state = qld


caption =
lga = Gympie Regional Council
postcode = 4600
est =
pop = 329 (2001 census)
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Callide
fedgov = Wide Bay
dist1 = 224
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 54
location2= Gympie
dist3 = 93
location3= Kingaroy

Kilkivan is a town in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Wide Bay Highway, 224 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane and 54 kilometres west of Gympie. At the 2001 census, Kilkivan had a population of 329.Census 2001 AUS|id=UCL332200|name=Kilkivan (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2007-06-30|quick=on]

Kilkivan was first settled by Europeans in the 1840s, and a gold rush in the 1850s and 1860s accelerated growth. The town was named for a pastoral run owned by pastoralist John Daniel Mactaggart after his father's farm name in Kintire, Scotland. [ [http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=18114 Natural Resources and Water, Queensland] - Place Name section]

Major industries today include beef, dairying and forestry.

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