Dalby, Queensland

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Dalby (Template:IPAc-en)<ref>Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. Template:ISBN</ref> is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.<ref name=qpnt>Template:Cite QPN</ref><ref name=qpnl>Template:Cite QPN</ref> In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Dalby had a population of 12,758 people.<ref name=Census2021/>

It is on the Darling Downs and is the administrative centre for the Western Downs Region.

Geography

Dalby is approximately Template:Convert west of Toowoomba, Template:Convert west northwest of the state capital, Brisbane, Template:Convert east southeast of Roma and Template:Convert east southeast of Charleville at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways.<ref name="explore">Template:Cite book</ref> State Route 82 also passes through Dalby. It enters from the north as Dalby–Jandowae Road and exits to the south as Dalby–Cecil Plains Road. Dalby–Cooyar Road exits to the east.<ref>Template:Google maps</ref>

Dalby is the centre of Australia's richest grain and cotton growing area.<ref name="explore" />

Mocattas Corner is a neighbourhood on the eastern boundary of the locality with Irvingdale (Template:Coord). It takes its name from the former Mocattas Corner railway station (Template:Coord), which in turn was named after George Gershon Mocatta, a pastoralist who took up the Cumkillenbar pastoral run in August 1849.<ref name="qpn22414">Template:Cite QPN</ref><ref name="railwaystations">Template:Cite web</ref>

Transport

Western railway line

The Western railway line passes through Dalby with a number of railway stations serving the locality:

Glenmorgan railway line

The Glenmorgan railway line branches from the Western railway line just west of the Dalby railway station with the following railway stations within the locality of Dalby":

Bell Branch railway line

The now-closed Bell Branch railway line also branched from the Western railway line with the following railway stations within the locality of Dalby:

  • Bonyumba railway station (Template:Coord)<ref name="railwaystations2" />
  • Sanatorium railway station, serving the Dalby Sanatorium (Template:Coord)<ref name="railwaystations2" />
  • Mocattas Corner railway station (Template:Coord)<ref name="railwaystations2" />

Airports

Dalby Aerodrome is an airport (Template:Coord).<ref name="airports">Template:Cite web</ref>

There is a heliport at Dalby Hospital (Template:Coord).<ref name="LandingGrounds">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

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Children marching in the main street, ca. 1915

Baranggum (also known as Barrunggam, Barunggam Parrungoom and Murrumgama) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Baranggum people. The Baranggum language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Western Downs Regional Council, particularly Dalby, Tara, Jandowae and west towards Chinchilla.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Dalby was founded in the early 1840s at a place known locally as "The Crossing" on Myall Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River. The first settler was Henry Dennis, who explored the region and chose land for himself and others in the locality.<ref name="birth">Dalby Town Council:Birth and beginnings Template:Webarchive Official website. Retrieved 27 October 2006.</ref> Today an obelisk in Edward Street denotes the location where Dennis camped.<ref name="explore" />

A small settlement was founded to assist travellers heading north to nearby Jimbour Station. The explorer Ludwig Leichhardt visited the area in 1844, on his way to Port Essington.<ref name="autogenerated1">John and Anne Healy of Dalby, Family Record and Story (Feb 2005)</ref>

In February 1853, the New South Wales government sent the Deputy Surveyor General Captain Samuel Perry to the area to survey a township. In August of the following year, Charles Douglas Eastaughffe arrived with a document under the Seal of the NSW Government officially proclaiming 'Dalby' a township. Eastaughffe was later appointed Chief Constable and remained in Dalby until his retirement.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The name of the town is believed to come from the village of Dalby on the Isle of Man and reflects immigration from the Isle of Man in the mid-19th century.<ref name="birth" /> The name was apparently chosen by Captain Samuel Perry when he surveyed the settlement in 1853.

Myall Creek Post Office also opened in 1854 in Roche's store, with Mr. Simpson as the first postmaster. It was renamed Dalby in 1855.<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref name="Post Office">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1859, Dalby became part of the new Colony of Queensland.

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Dalby State School, circa 1954

Dalby State School opened on 1 June 1861. In 1869, the school split into Dalby Boys State School Dalby Girls State School. In 1885, the girls' school became Dalby Girls & Infants State School. In 1893, the two schools were combined as Dalby State School. In 1914, the school expanded to include a secondary school, which closed in 1954, due to the establishment of a separate secondary school, Dalby State High School.<ref name="qfhs">Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In August 1863, Dalby was officially proclaimed a municipality, the Borough of Dalby, in the Queensland Government Gazette.

Dalby Non-Vested School opened as a Roman Catholic girls school in 1864 and in 1866 became a non-vested school (the teachers' salaries were paid by the Queensland Government but the government did not operate the school). Circa 1880, the school either closed or continued without government funding.<ref name="qfhs" />

On Sunday 5 August 1866, Bishop James Quinn dedicated St Joseph's Catholic Church.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Dalby was linked by the Western railway line to Ipswich on 16 April 1868.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On Sunday 20 June 1869, the first Presbyterian church was opened in Dalby.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Reverend George Grimm had conducting regular services since 1865.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

St Columba's School was a Catholic primary school which was opened in 1877 by the Sisters of Mercy. In 2008, it merged with St Mary's College to create Our Lady of the Southern Cross College.<ref name="qfhs" />

From 1873 to 1949, the electoral district of Dalby was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

Mocatta's Corner Provisional School opened circa 1887. On 1 January 1909, it became Mocatta's Corner State School. It closed in 1925.<ref name="qfhs" /> It was on the south-west corner of the junction of Dalby Cooyar Road and Mocattas Corner Road (Template:Coord).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="globeother">Template:Cite web</ref>

Dalby was believed to have a healthy climate and in October 1900 the Queensland Government opened the Jubilee Sanitorium for consumptive patients. The name Jubilee commemorates the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":3">Template:Cite QSA Agency</ref> In 1904 the Dalby Town Council erected therapeutic thermal baths using artesian water from a local bore for those wishing to improve their health by "taking the waters".<ref>Template:Citation</ref> In 1938, the council closed the artesian baths as interest in "taking the waters" was declining. Medical opinion became increasingly doubtful of the benefits of bathing in mineral waters, favouring drugs and physiotherapy as better treatments.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> It closed in January 1938 with its remaining patients transferred to Westwood Sanatorium.<ref name=":3" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Kincora Provisional School opened in 1908 "via Dalby" and was renamed Moonie River Provisional School circa December 1908. It closed circa 1916.<ref name="qfhs2">Template:Citation</ref>

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Dalby Methodist Church, circa 1935

On 8 December 1912, the Dalby Methodist Church in Condamine Street was officially opened by the Reverend Henry Youngman, the President of the Queensland Methodist Conference.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In March 1949 it was announced that a new church would be built with the original church to be moved on the site and be used as a church hall.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 1 October 1949 the foundation stone for the new Dalby Methodist Church was laid by Reverend Henry William Prouse, the President of the Queensland Methodist Conference.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref> Construction commenced in May 1950, but there were delays in obtaining building materials until August 1951.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The new church was dedicated on Saturday 8 December 1951 by Reverend Tom Hardy Blackburn.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> When the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became the Dalby Uniting Church.<ref name=":2" />

The Dalby War Memorial was unveiled by the Queensland Governor, Matthew Nathan, on 26 July 1922.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Stacks of chocolate bars line the top of the counter above an assortment of lollies in the glass cabinet. Ornaments and toys are on the lower shelf of the counter. Rows of tinned food, jars and cardboard boxes line the shelves behind the family. A large sign to the right of the counter advertises Capstan cigarettes.
Inside the Paragon Cafe at Dalby, Queensland, ca. 1936

The Paragon Cafe was purchased in 1935 by Milton (Miltiadis) Dimitrios Samios part of the cultural phenomenon of Greek cafes in Queensland. Paragon Cafe employed three men and six women with taking increasing from 90 pounds to 200 pounds within the first year of trading.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Dalby Olympic Swimming Pool complex was constructed in 1936 and is the earliest identified Olympic standard pool in Queensland constructed outside Brisbane.

Dalby State High School opened on 2 February 1954.<ref name="qfhs" /><ref name="Queensland schools opening dates">Template:Cite QldSchool</ref> Bunya Campus was acquired by Dalby State High School at the start of 2011 and has since provided students who live out of the catchment area the opportunity to attend Dalby State High School and participate in all it has to offer as a boarding student.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

St Mary's College was a Catholic secondary school opened on 21 January 1963 by the Christian Brothers. In 2008, it merged with St Columba's School to create Our Lady of the Southern Cross College.<ref name="qfhs" />

Dalby South State School opened on 29 March 1965.<ref name="qfhs" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Dalby Christian School was opened on 1 February 1981 by the Dalby Gospel Chapel.<ref name="qfhs" /><ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>

The Christian Outreach College opened on 28 January 1984. It closed on 18 September 1991.<ref name="qfhs" />

In 2004, Dalby began treating its water with state-of-the-art reverse osmosis process. The first Reverse Osmosis plant, opened in 2004, was the first in Queensland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The second and larger plant opened in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2006, the opening of Dalby Shoppingworld at the northern end of Cunningham Street has brought new life to the Dalby CBD. The centre includes Woolworths, Big W, Amcal and other specialty shops.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As part of nationwide restructuring, Target Country closed its store in January 2021 and was replaced by K Hub, which opened in February.

Dalby Library opened in 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2016, Dalby's population was increasing rapidly with many new estates created and subdivisions made.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Some notable new estates include Sunnyside Estate, Heritage Gardens, Callistemon Park and a new estate on the Warrego Highway side of Sandalwood Avenue.

Demographics

In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Dalby had a population of 12,719 people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.0% of the population. 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Philippines 1.9%, New Zealand 1.3%, England 1.1% and South Africa 0.8%. 88.7% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog at 1.0%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 26.3%, Anglican 19.6% and No Religion 16.9%.<ref name="Census2016">Template:Census 2016 AUS</ref>

In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Dalby had a population of 12,758 people.<ref name=Census2021>Template:Census 2021 AUS</ref>

Heritage listings

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Dalby War Memorial, 2008

Dalby has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Economy

Industry in Dalby includes large-scale engineering, coal mining, and fuels (ethanol). Dalby is the centre of a diverse and productive agricultural area with rich black soil allowing the production of crops such as wheat, cotton and sorghum. Livestock raising including pigs, cattle and sheep is also popular. Two cotton gins are situated within Template:Convert of the town.

Dalby is to be the site of the first dry mill grain-to-ethanol plant constructed in Australia (the first plant built specifically for the production of ethanol for fuel since World War II).<ref>Hartland, Susan Template:Convertillion ethanol plant for Dalby" Template:Webarchive Toowoomba Chronicle 9 November 2006 Retrieved 27 October 2006</ref>

Power

The local area is developing an energy-based economy with a large coal-fired power station and a number of coal mines and natural gas bores being established to the west of Dalby. A local company has been awarded a contract to establish wind turbines on adjacent farm land.Template:Citation needed

Approximately Template:Convert west of Dalby is the Kogan Creek Power Station. This A$1.2 billion project is a 750-megawatt coal-fired power station, with adjacent coal mine being developed at the small town of Kogan, which is roughly equidistant between Dalby, Chinchilla, and Tara.

Education

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Dalby State School administration building, 2019

Dalby State School is a government primary (Preparatory to Year 6) school for boys and girls at 155 Cunningham Street (Template:Coord).<ref name="SchoolList2018">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 579 students with 43 teachers (39 full-time equivalent) and 35 non-teaching staff (23 full-time equivalent) and has a special education program.<ref name="ACARA2017">Template:Cite web</ref> It is one of the oldest state primary schools in Queensland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Dalby South State School, 2023

Dalby South State School is a government primary (Early Childhood to Year 6) school for boys and girls at 65 Owen Street (corner of Bunya Street, Template:Coord).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 653 students with 46 teachers (43 full-time equivalent) and 32 non-teaching staff (21 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017" /> It includes a special education program (Preparatory to Year 10).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Our Lady of the Southern Cross College is a Catholic primary and secondary (Preparatory to Year 12) school for boys and girls at 2 Nicholson Street (Template:Coord).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 594 students with 48 teachers (44 full-time equivalent) and 31 non-teaching staff (20 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017" /> It has a special education program.

Dalby Christian College is a private primary and secondary (Preparatory to Year 12) school for boys and girls at 2A Mary Street (Template:Coord).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is operated by the Christian Community Ministries. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 328 students with 25 teachers (24 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017" /> It has an early learning centre and boarding for secondary students as well as a special education program.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Dalby State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 26 Nicholson Street (Template:Coord).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,040 students with 94 teachers (89 full-time equivalent) and 71 non-teaching staff (54 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017" /> It includes a special education program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The school has a boarding facility for boys and girls at 463 Bunya highway (Template:Coord).<ref name=":0" /><ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Many students from small towns surrounding Dalby (such as Jandowae and Warra) attend Dalby State High School, as these communities do not have schools which provide senior level education. The school also performs an annual musical, usually in late May, with performances running for a full week. It is produced and directed by teachers at the school and stars students from all year levels.

Local media

There are two locally published newspapers, the Dalby Herald and Northern Downs News, as well as the Dalby Magazine.Template:Citation needed

Dalby also has its own community radio station, 89.9 FM 4DDD, which was founded on 26 January 1992.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Dalby receives most commercial and ABC radio and television services from Toowoomba, the nearest regional city. Local news stories from Dalby and other Western Downs communities are often featured on WIN News, a regional television news bulletin compiled in Toowoomba.Template:Citation needed

Facilities

Water and sewerage treatment services are provided by Western Downs Regional Council. The town has made a ground-breaking deal with nearby gas companies by taking water from gas fields. It has been noted that the town will have a definite water supply for at least another 30 years, taking into account demographic trends.

There is also the Dalby Cemetery, a monumental cemetery.

Amenities

Western Downs Regional Council operates a public library at 107 Drayton Street.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is open 10am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 12.30pm Saturday.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Dalby Library has two Creative Studios which have the latest in content creation tools, professional equipment and software, music production and recording, and digital production and editing to help create and share projects.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

St Mark's Lutheran Church is at 58A Condamine Street (Template:Coord).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Dalby Uniting Church is at 71-73 Condamine Street (Template:Coord).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Springvale Kupunn branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 52 Cunningham Street.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sport

Dalby has a strong rugby League history with a senior rugby league team in the Toowoomba Rugby League known as The Dalby Diehard (founded 1980). The Junior Rugby League Team, The Dalby Devils, that participate in to Toowoomba Junior Rugby League.

Dalby has an Australian rules football team, the Dalby Swans (founded 1980) based at the Dalby AFL oval which fields men's, women's and junior teams in the AFL Darling Downs competition. It has produced top level players like Zimmorlei Farquharson.<ref>Brisbane Lions draft 'prodigious talent' Zimmorlei Farquharson by Lucy Robinson for ABC Southern Qld 11 October 2020</ref>

Attractions

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Dalby cactoblastis monument

Dalby has a monument to the Cactoblastis cactorum in a park by the Myall Creek which runs through the town. The Argentinian caterpillar successfully eradicated the prickly pear in the 1920s.<ref name="explore" />

Climate

Dalby has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Köppen climate classification) and being located just to the west of the Great Dividing Range it is hotter and less humid in summer and colder and drier in winter than nearby locations on the other side of the range. Dalby has had a recording weather station since 1893, but that was replaced in 1992 by another station at the Dalby Airport. The town's highest recorded temperature was Template:Convert on 4 December 1913, while the coldest was Template:Convert on 5 July 1895.<ref name="ReferenceA">Template:BoM Aust stats</ref> The annual rainfall is Template:Convert, the majority of which falls as thunderstorms in the summer months.

Dalby experienced its worst floods since 1981 in late December 2010.<ref name="hbfs">Template:Cite news</ref> The town's water purification system was flooded, resulting in water restrictions that have hampered clean-up efforts. 112,500 litres (24,700 imp gal; 29,700 US gal) of water were transported to the town of 14,000 residents.<ref name="dwt">Template:Cite news</ref> In early March 2013, Dalby received another severe flood, cutting the town in two after Template:Convert of rain was recorded over a few days. Flood waters peaked at 3.21 metres and a number of homes received water damage.<ref name="dbf">Template:Cite news</ref>

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Notable residents

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