| Dalby Queensland |
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| Population: | 12,765 | ||||||
| Postcode: | 4405 | ||||||
| Elevation: | 343. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 8 m (1,128 ft) | ||||||
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| LGA: | Dalby Regional Council | ||||||
| State District: | Darling Downs | ||||||
| Federal Division: | Maranoa | ||||||
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Dalby is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately 210 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. The Darling Downs is a Farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. The Moonie Highway is a state Highway of Queensland, Australia. The Bunya Highway is a 173 kilometre state Highway of Queensland, Australia. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Dalby Regional Council. Dalby Regional Council is a Local Government Area in Queensland, Australia.
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 nineteenth century. Dalby is a small hamlet on the Isle of Man, facing west out to the sea The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical [1]
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History
Dalby was founded in the early 1840s at a place known locally as "The Crossing" on Myall Creek. The first settler was Henry Dennis, who explored the region and chose land for himself and others in the locality. [2] 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. Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt ( October 23, 1813 - probably 1848 in Inner Australia was a Prussian explorer and naturalist [3]
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, Mr Charles Douglas Eastaughffe arrived with a document under the Seal of the N. Charles Douglas Eastaughffe was an early Australian settler later becoming a police trooper and Chief Constable of Dalby, Queensland. S. W. Government officially proclaiming 'Dalby' a township. Mr Eastaughffe was later appointed Chief Constable and remained in Dalby until his retirement. [4] The first Post Office also opened in 1854 in Roche's store, with Mr Simpson as the first Postmaster. [5]
In 1859, Dalby was made part of the new state of Queensland. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent
Industry
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. Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. Cotton is a soft staple Fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant ( Gossypium sp Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, some of which are raised for grain and many of which are used as Fodder plants either cultivated or as part Livestock raising including pigs, cattle and sheep is also popular. Pigs, also called hogs or' swine', are Ungulates which have been domesticated as sources of food leather and similar products since ancient times Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family Two cotton gins are situated within 10 km 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 the Second World War). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including [6]
Kogan Creek Power Station
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. Natural gas is a Gaseous Fossil fuel consisting primarily of Methane but including significant quantities of Ethane, Propane,
Approximately 50 km west of Dalby is the Kogan Creek Power Station. The Kogan Creek Power Station is a 785 megawatt Coal fired power station owned by CS Energy on the Darling Downs in Queensland. This A$1. The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD) is the Currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas 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. The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Chinchilla is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. Tara is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, located 300 kilometres south west of the state capital Brisbane.
Kogan Creek Power Station will be the largest single generating unit in Australia. It will operate as a base load station, generating electricity 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. [7]
Development
The recent opening of a shopping centre at the northern end of Cunningham Street has brought new life to the Dalby CBD. Dalby Shoppingworld includes Woolworths, Big W, Amcal and other specialty shops. Woolworths Limited is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Dalby's Water Treatment Plant uses a state-of-the-art reverse osmosis process, and will soon have a second RO plant to cater for the town's increasing needs. Reverse osmosis (RO is a separation process that uses pressure to force a Solution through a membrane that retains the Solute on one side and allows the 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.
Dalby's population has been increasing rapidly recently with many new estates created and subdivisions made. Some notable new estates include Sunnyside Estate, Heritage Gardens, Callistemon Park and a new estate on the Warrego Highway side of Sandalwood Avenue.
List of Mayors
Dalby Town Council (1863 - 2008)
| # | Mayor | Term |
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| 1 | Frederick Roche | 1863 - |
| John McQueen | 1897 | |
| Victor Radcliffe Edward Drury | 1910 | |
| Victor Radcliffe Edward Drury | 1927 | |
| Thomas Jack | 1930 - 1952 | |
| Warwick Geisel | 1988 - 2008 |
Dalby Regional Council (2008 - current)
| # | Mayor | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Raymond Brown | 2008 - current |
Notable residents of Dalby
- Carl Webb (Rugby League player)
Sister City
Dalby has a sister city named Fukaya in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Carl Webb (born 20 March, 1981 in Mount Isa Queensland) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for the North is a city located in the north of Saitama, Japan. In the Edo era it was an inn-town on the Nakasendō (中山道 and grew during this period WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
Monument to Cactoblastis
Dalby has a monument to the Cactoblastis cactorum in a park by the Myall Creek which runs through the town. Dalby is a Scandinavian place name meaning "valley settlement" during the Viking Age the name was brought to England and it later also became an English surname A monument is a structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of past Cactoblastis cactorum commonly known as the cactus moth or nopal moth. According to the Lonely Planet, it is only monument to an insect in the world. Lonely Planet Publications (usually known as Lonely Planet or LP) is one of the largest travel Guidebook publishers in the world Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described
The plaque on the cairn reads:
"In 1925, prickly pear, the greatest example known to man of any noxious plant invasion, infested fifty million acres of land in Queensland, of which thirty million represented a complete coverage. The Dalby district was then heavily infested. The biological control investigation was undertaken by the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board, the joint project of the Commonwealth, Queensland and New South Wales governments.
Early in 1925, a small number of Cactoblastis cactorum insects was introduced from the Argentine by Alan Parkhurst Dodd, O. B. E. , who was officer-in-charge of this scientific undertaking. They were bred in very large numbers and liberated throughout the prickly pear territory. Within ten years, the insects had destroyed all the dense masses of prickly pear.
This plaque, affixed by the Queensland Women's Historical Association on Thursday, 27 th. May 1965, records the indebtedness of the people of Queensland, and Dalby in particular, to the Cactoblastis cactorum, and their gratitude for deliverance from that scourge. "
Education
Dalby Schools:
- Dalby State School
- Dalby South State School
- Dalby Christian School
- Dalby State High School
- St. Dalby Christian School is an independent, Co-educational, Christian Day school, located in Dalby, Queensland, Columba's School, Dalby
- St. Mary's Catholic College, Dalby
Local Media
- @Dalby Magazine
- Dalby Herald
- Northern Downs News
External links
- Dalby Town Council Official site
- Dalby State School Dalby State School
References
- ^ Dalby Town Council Official website. St Mary's Catholic College is a Co-educational, Catholic Secondary school (Years 8-12 situated in the town of Dalby, approximately 250 Retrieved 27 October 2006.
- ^ http://www.dalby.qld.gov.au/history/early_history.asp
- ^ John and Anne Healy of Dalby, Family Record and Story (Feb 2005)
- ^ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/eastaughffe/cde.html
- ^ John and Anne Healy of Dalby, Family Record and Story (Feb 2005)
- ^ Hartland, Susan "$54 million ethanol plant for Dalby" Toowoomba Chronicle 9 November 2006 Retrieved 27 October 2006
- ^ CS Energy website Retrieved 27 October 2006
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