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nry 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 the oldest state primary schools in queensland 68 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 27 11 41 s 151 16 12 e 27 1948 s 151 2701 e 27 1948 151 2701 dalby south state school 65 69 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 67 it includes a special education program preparatory to year 10 70 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 27 10 18 s 151 16 03 e 27 1718 s 151 2676 e 27 1718 151 2676 our lady of the southern cross college 65 71 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 67 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 27 10 20 s 151 16 41 e 27 1722 s 151 2780 e 27 1722 151 2780 dalby christian college 65 72 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 67 it has an early learning centre and boarding for secondary students as well as a special education program 50 73 dalby state high school is a government secondary 7 12 school for boys and girls at 26 nicholson street 27 10 41 s 151 15 34 e 27 1781 s 151 2595 e 27 1781 151 2595 dalby state high school 65 74 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 67 it includes a special education program 65 75 the school has a boarding facility for boys and girls at 463 bunya highway 27 09 08 s 151 17 42 e 27 1523 s 151 2949 e 27 1523 151 2949 dalby state high school bunya campus 48 65 76 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 77 local media edit the dalby herald once a print newspaper now online only is published in dalby 78 dalby also has its own community radio station 89 9 fm 4ddd which was founded on 26 january 1992 79 several abc radio stations can be received in dalby with other abc radio stations available via audio only television channels 80 facilities edit 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 edit western downs regional council operates a public library at 107 drayton street 81 it is open 10am to 5 30pm monday to friday and 10am to 12 30pm saturday 82 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 83 st mark s lutheran church is at 58a condamine street 27 10 50 s 151 15 48 e 27 1806 s 151 2632 e 27 1806 151 2632 st mark s lutheran church 84 dalby uniting church is at 71 73 condamine street 27 11 00 s 151 15 37 e 27 1834 s 151 2604 e 27 1834 151 2604 dalby uniting church 85 86 the springvale kupunn branch of the queensland country women s association meets at 52 cunningham street 87 sport edit dalby has a strong rugby league history with a senior rugby league team in the toowoomba rugby league known as the dalby diehards 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 88 attractions edit 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 5 climate edit 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 45 6 c 114 1 f on 4 december 1913 while the coldest was 7 2 c 19 0 f on 5 july 1895 89 the annual rainfall is 681 2 mm 26 82 in the majority of which falls as thunderstorms in the summer months dalby experienced its worst floods since 1981 in late december 2010 90 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 91 in early march 2013 dalby received 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