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Kilkivan 150th Anniversary Sign / March 2013
Photographs supplied by Diane Watson
The sign commemorates 150 years of settlement in Kilkivan district.
Kilkivan was first settled by Europeans in the 1840s. Queensland’s first gold discovery was at Kilkivan in 1852 and subsequent findings escalated into a gold rush in the 1860s. The town was named for a pastoral run owned by pastoralist John Daniel Mactaggart after his father's farm name in Kintire, Scotland.
Location
| Address: | Wide Bay Highway (Bligh Street) , Kilkivan , 4600 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -26.085196 Long: 152.23723 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1848 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1998 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 31st October, 1998 |
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Front Inscription
Welcome
1848 Kilkivan 1998
A tribute to our Pioneers
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MASesquicentennial of Kilkivan District
This sign commemorates 150 years of settlement in Kilkivan District and was unveiled by Mr Douglas C. Mactaggart descendant of Mr John Mactaggart who settled Kilkivan Station.
31 October 1998
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