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词条 Kings Beach, Queensland
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  1. History

     Heritage listings 

  2. References

  3. External links

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| type = suburb
| name = Kings Beach
| city = Sunshine Coast
| state = qld
| image = Kings_Beach_pool.jpg
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|26.801|S|153.141|E|display=inline,title}}
| pop = 2788
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = [1]
| postcode = 4551
| area = 0.7
| dist1 = 2
| dir1 = E
| location1= Caloundra
| lga = Sunshine Coast Region
| county = Canning
| parish = Bribie
| stategov = Caloundra
| fedgov = Fisher
| near-n = Shelly Beach
| near-ne =Coral Sea
| near-e = Coral Sea
| near-se =Coral Sea
| near-s = Coral Sea
| near-sw = Caloundra
| near-w = Caloundra
| near-nw = Moffat Beach
| est =
}}

Kings Beach is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre directly east of Caloundra CBD.

History

Kings Beach was named after the King family, the first residents in the area. After living at Moffat Head in James Moffat’s home for a while, they moved to the Kings Beach area in 1893[2]

Within Kings Beach's boundaries is Wickham Head, a headland off which the hospital ship AHS Centaur is believed to have been sunk by Japanese submarines in 1943.[3]

Heritage listings

Kings Beach has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

  • 6 Arthur Street and 3 Canberra Terrace: Caloundra Lighthouses[4]
  • Ormonde Terrace: Kings Beach Bathing Pavilion[5]

References

1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31558|name=Kings Beach (State Suburb)|accessdate=15 April 2018|quick=on}}
2. ^Caloundra - Local Beach Guide {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212042126/http://www.caloundra.qld.gov.au/website/cityNews/CityNews/beach_guide.asp |date=12 December 2006 }} 19 December 2006
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/centaur.htm|title=Sinking of the hospital ship "Centaur" by Japanese submarine I-177 on 14 May 1943 off the Queensland coast east of Brisbane|last=Dunn|first=Peter|year=2006|accessdate=21 June 2011}}
4. ^{{cite QHR|31351|Caloundra Lighthouses|602746|accessdate=14 July 2013}}
5. ^{{cite QHR|16276|Kings Beach Bathing Pavilion|601513|accessdate=14 July 2013}}

External links

{{commons category-inline|Kings Beach, Queensland}}
  • University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Kings Beach
{{Sunshine Coast Region}}{{SunshineCoastQLD-geo-stub}}

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