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Kealy's Repulse (NSW)
[see: Caley's Repulse].

Kent's Farm (NSW)
Lieut. William Kent received several land grants in the Eastern Farms district (Ryde). The farm referred to here was a grant of 1,000 acres on the Cowpastures road. It was issued by Paterson on 21 February 1809 and was called Belvedere. The grant was disallowed by Macquarie and became part of William Campbell's 2,000 acres, portion 60, parish of Cook.

Kershaw's Farm (NSW)
The farm was a grant to William Waring, transferred to Joseph Kershaw in 1804. It was portion 38, parish of Wilberforce, on the road from Windsor to Wilberforce.

Kirboowallie (NSW)
Site of the original Government Hut for the Cowpastures region near Camden - now known as Elderslie.

Mrs. King's Farm (NSW)
Mrs. Anna Josepha King. On 1 January 1806, Governor King made grants totalling 2,340 acres to his son Phillip, aged 14, and to his daughters Anna Maria, aged 12, Elizabeth, aged 8, and Mary, aged 11 months. On 1 January 1807, Governor Bligh made a grant of 790 acres to Mrs. King. These farms adjoined one another on the South Creek, north of St. Mary's. They were worked as one property by the widowed Mrs. King, then in England, on behalf of herself and her children. Rowland Hassall was her agent.

Kloof, The (Cape Town, South Africa)
Also kloaf', 'kloff' [from Dutch clove: cleft]
In place names indicating a narrow, natural pass between mountains; a gorge or valley; a ravine running running down a mountainside

Kobbatty-Hills (NSW)
Present-day Cobbity, near Camden.

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