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s page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 27 10 53 s 151 15 58 e 27 1813 s 151 2661 e 27 1813 151 2661 dalby town centre from wikipedia the free encyclopedia map all coordinates using openstreetmap download coordinates as kml gpx all coordinates gpx primary coordinates gpx secondary coordinates town in queensland australia town in queensland australia dalby town from left to right aerial view of dalby dalby council chambers dalby court house lake broadwater st john s anglican church dalby interactive map of dalby coordinates 27 10 53 s 151 15 58 e 27 1813 s 151 2661 e 27 1813 151 2661 dalby town centre country australia state queensland lga western downs region location 83 5 km 51 9 mi nw of toowoomba 211 km 131 mi wnw of brisbane 57 km 35 mi wnw of oakey 269 km 167 mi ese of roma 535 km 332 mi ese of charleville government state electorate warrego federal division maranoa area total 323 8 km 2 125 0 sq mi elevation 344 m 1 129 ft population total 12 758 2021 census 1 density 39 401 km 2 102 048 sq mi time zone utc 10 00 aest postcode 4405 mean max temp 26 3 c 79 3 f mean min temp 11 9 c 53 4 f annual rainfall 682 5 mm 26 87 in localities around dalby macalister pirrinuan kaimkillenbun ranges bridge dalby irvingdale blaxland nandi st ruth bowenville dalby ˈ d ɒ l b i 2 is a rural town and locality in the western downs region queensland australia 3 4 in the 2021 census the locality of dalby had a population of 12 758 people 1 it is on the darling downs and is the administrative centre for the western downs region geography edit dalby is approximately 82 3 kilometres 51 1 miles west of toowoomba 208 kilometres 129 mi west northwest of the state capital brisbane 269 kilometres 167 miles east southeast of roma and 535 kilometres 332 miles east southeast of charleville at the junction of the warrego moonie and bunya highways 5 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 6 dalby is the centre of australia s richest grain and cotton growing area 5 mocattas corner is a neighbourhood on the eastern boundary of the locality with irvingdale 27 07 00 s 151 22 00 e 27 1166 s 151 3666 e 27 1166 151 3666 mocattas corner it takes its name from the former mocattas corner railway station 27 06 57 s 151 21 46 e 27 1159 s 151 3629 e 27 1159 151 3629 mocattas corner railway station former which in turn was named after george gershon mocatta a pastoralist who took up the cumkillenbar pastoral run in august 1849 7 8 transport edit western railway line edit the western railway line passes through dalby with a number of railway stations serving the locality baining railway station 27 06 37 s 151 10 05 e 27 1103 s 151 1681 e 27 1103 151 1681 baining railway station 9 yarrala railway station now closed 27 07 28 s 151 11 19 e 27 1244 s 151 1887 e 27 1244 151 1887 yarrala railway station former 9 tycanba railway station 27 09 57 s 151 14 57 e 27 1659 s 151 2491 e 27 1659 151 2491 tycanba railway station 9 dalby railway station in hunter street 27 10 48 s 151 16 17 e 27 1799 s 151 2715 e 27 1799 151 2715 dalby railway station serving the town 9 blaxland railway station 27 11 47 s 151 19 10 e 27 1963 s 151 3195 e 27 1963 151 3195 blaxland railway station 9 glenmorgan railway line edit 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 yumborra railway station now closed 27 10 57 s 151 14 19 e 27 1826 s 151 2387 e 27 1826 151 2387 yumborra railway station former 9 dalby west railway station 27 10 52 s 151 14 44 e 27 1812 s 151 2456 e 27 1812 151 2456 dalby west railway station 9 natcha railway station serving the dalby butter factory now closed 27 10 42 s 151 15 13 e 27 1783 s 151 2536 e 27 1783 151 2536 natcha railway station former 9 10 11 bell branch railway line edit 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 27 10 08 s 151 16 45 e 27 1689 s 151 2793 e 27 1689 151 2793 bonyumba railway station former 9 sanatorium railway station serving the dalby sanatorium 27 09 20 s 151 17 35 e 27 1556 s 151 2930 e 27 1556 151 2930 sanatorium railway station former 9 mocattas corner railway station 27 06 57 s 151 21 46 e 27 1159 s 151 3629 e 27 1159 151 3629 mocattas corner railway station former 9 airports edit dalby aerodrome is an airport 27 09 39 s 151 15 51 e 27 1607 s 151 2642 e 27 1607 151 2642 dalby aerodrome 12 there is a heliport at dalby hospital 27 10 02 s 151 16 37 e 27 1671 s 151 2769 e 27 1671 151 2769 dalby hospital heliport 13 history edit 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 14 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 15 today an obelisk in edward street denotes the location where dennis camped 5 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 16 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 17 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 15 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 16 18 in 1859 dalby became part of the new colony of queensland 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 19 20 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 19 on sunday 5 august 1866 bishop james quinn dedicated st joseph s catholic church 21 dalby was linked by the western railway line to ipswich on 16 april 1868 22 on sunday 20 june 1869 the first presbyterian church was opened in dalby 23 reverend george grimm had conducting regular services since 1865 24 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 19 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 19 it was on the south west corner of the junction of dalby cooyar road and mocattas corner road 27 07 00 s 151 21 44 e 27 11677 s 151 36232 e 27 11677 151 36232 mocatta s corner state school former 25 26 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 27 28 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 29 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 30 it closed in january 1938 with its remaining patients transferred to westwood sanatorium 28 31 kincora provisional school opened in 1908 via dalby and was renamed moonie river provisional school circa december 1908 it closed circa 1916 32 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 33 34 35 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 36 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 37 38 39 40 construction commenced in may 1950 but there were delays in obtaining building materials until august 1951 41 42 the new church was dedicated on saturday 8 december 1951 by reverend tom hardy blackburn 43 44 when the methodist church amalgamated into the uniting church in australia in 1977 it became the dalby uniting church 40 the dalby war memorial was unveiled by the queensland governor matthew nathan on 26 july 1922 45 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 46 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 19 47 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 48 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 19 dalby south state school opened on 29 march 1965 19 49 dalby christian school was opened on 1 february 1981 by the dalby gospel chapel 19 50 the christian outreach college opened on 28 january 1984 it closed on 18 september 1991 19 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 51 the second and larger plant opened in 2011 52 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 53 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 54 in 2016 dalby s population was increasing rapidly with many new estates created and subdivisions made 55 some notable new estates include sunnyside estate heritage gardens callistemon park and a new estate on the warrego highway side of sandalwood avenue demographics edit in the 2016 census 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 56 in the 2021 census the locality of dalby had a population of 12 758 people 1 heritage listings edit dalby war memorial 2008 dalby has a number of heritage listed sites including 133 cunningham street former dalby town council chambers and offices 57 153 cunningham street st john s anglican church 58 169 cunningham street st columba s convent 59 21 new street dalby fire station 60 28b nicholson street dalby state high school 61 patrick street dalby war memorial and gates 62 58 patrick street dalby olympic swimming pool 63 economy edit 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 10 kilometres 6 mi 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 64 power edit 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 citation needed approximately 50 kilometres 31 mi 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 edit 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 27 11 05 s 151 15 44 e 27 1846 s 151 2623 e 27 1846 151 2623 dalby state school 65 66 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 67 it is one of 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