:Dalby, Queensland

Dalby is approximately {{convert|82.3|km|mi|abbr=off}} west of Toowoomba, {{convert|208|km|mi|0}} west northwest of the state capital, Brisbane, {{convert|269|km|mi|abbr=off}} east southeast of Roma and {{convert|535|km|mi|abbr=off}} east southeast of Charleville at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways.{{cite book |title=Explore Queensland |last=Penguin Books Australia |year=2002 |publisher=Penguin Books Australia |location=Camberwell, Victoria |isbn=0-14-300015-2 |pages=40 }} 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.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Dalby+QLD+4405/@-27.1347742,151.1294591,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6bbdf9bc7cf47903:0x400eef17f20a820!8m2!3d-27.182006!4d151.2620588 |access-date=12 March 2022 |title=Dalby}}

Dalby is the centre of Australia's richest grain and cotton growing area.

Mocattas Corner is a neighbourhood on the eastern boundary of the locality with Irvingdale ({{coord|-27.1166|151.3666|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Mocattas Corner}}). It takes its name from the former Mocattas Corner railway station ({{coord|-27.1159|151.3629|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=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.{{cite QPN|22414|Mocattas Corner|locality unbounded in Western Downs Regional|access-date=21 July 2021}}{{Cite web |date=2 October 2020 |title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |archive-date=5 October 2020 |access-date=5 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}

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

• Baining railway station ({{coord|-27.1103|151.1681|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Baining railway station}}){{Cite web|date=2 October 2020|title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|archive-date=5 October 2020|access-date=5 October 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
• Yarrala railway station, now closed ({{coord|-27.1244|151.1887|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Yarrala railway station (former)}})
• Tycanba railway station ({{coord|-27.1659|151.2491|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Tycanba railway station}})
• Dalby railway station in Hunter Street ({{coord|-27.1799|151.2715|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Dalby railway station}}) serving the town
• Blaxland railway station ({{coord|-27.1963|151.3195|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Blaxland railway station}})

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 ({{coord|-27.1826|151.2387|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Yumborra railway station (former)}})
• Dalby West railway station ({{coord|-27.1812|151.2456|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Dalby West railway station}})
• Natcha railway station, serving the Dalby Butter Factory, now closed ({{coord|-27.1783|151.2536|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Natcha railway station (former)}}){{cite news|date=22 November 1927|title=Model Structure|page=16|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21196596|access-date=25 April 2020|via=Trove|archive-date=13 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113233942/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21196596|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.dalbyruralsupplies.com.au/About-Us-pg19215.html|access-date=2020-04-25|website=Dalby Rural Supplies|archive-date=12 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112025158/http://www.dalbyruralsupplies.com.au/About-Us-pg19215.html|url-status=live}}

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 ({{coord|-27.1689|151.2793|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Bonyumba railway station (former)}})
• Sanatorium railway station, serving the Dalby Sanatorium ({{coord|-27.1556|151.2930|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Sanatorium railway station (former)}})
• Mocattas Corner railway station ({{coord|-27.1159|151.3629|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Mocattas Corner railway station (former)}})

Dalby Aerodrome is an airport ({{coord|-27.1607|151.2642|type:airport_region:AU-QLD|name=Dalby Aerodrome}}).{{Cite web|date=22 October 2020|title=Airports - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/f5e72c21-4f70-4cca-a22e-f2265b85ee56|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115071531/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/f5e72c21-4f70-4cca-a22e-f2265b85ee56|archive-date=15 November 2020|access-date=3 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}

There is a heliport at Dalby Hospital ({{coord|-27.1671|151.2769|type:airport_region:AU-QLD|name=Dalby Hospital heliport}}).{{Cite web|date=22 October 2020|title=Heliports and landing grounds - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/1646c12e-0c31-42d3-a156-9891b01e938a|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116140611/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/1646c12e-0c31-42d3-a156-9891b01e938a|archive-date=16 November 2020|access-date=3 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}

Image:Dalby main street ca. 1915.jpg

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.{{Cite web|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/baranggum-2?embed=true|title=Baranggum|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=15 January 2020|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209064018/https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/baranggum-2?embed=true|url-status=live}}

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.[http://www.dalby.qld.gov.au/history/origin.asp Dalby Town Council:Birth and beginnings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116035613/http://www.dalby.qld.gov.au/history/origin.asp |date=16 November 2006 }} Official website. Retrieved 27 October 2006. Today an obelisk in Edward Street denotes the location where Dennis camped.

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.John and Anne Healy of Dalby, Family Record and Story (Feb 2005)

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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.angelfire.com/folk/eastaughffe/cde.html |title=Charles Douglas Eastaughffe 1800 - 1885. |access-date=27 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040406140542/http://www.angelfire.com/folk/eastaughffe/cde.html |archive-date=6 April 2004 |url-status=live }}

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. 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.{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | access-date = 10 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD& | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | url-status = live }}

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

File:Dalby State School, circa 1954.jpg

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.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=Our School History |url=https://dalbyss.eq.edu.au/our-school |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Dalby State School |language=en}}

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.

On Sunday 5 August 1866, Bishop James Quinn dedicated St Joseph's Catholic Church.{{cite news|date=9 August 1866|title=NOTES AND NEWS|volume=I|page=2|newspaper=Dalby Herald And Western Queensland Advertiser|issue=47|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215449114|access-date=11 August 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220202/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215449114|url-status=live}}

Dalby was linked by the Western railway line to Ipswich on 16 April 1868.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215452771|title=OPENING OF THE RAILWAY TO DALBY.|date=18 April 1868|issue=135|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=III|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|newspaper=Dalby Herald And Western Queensland Advertiser|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220205/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215452771|url-status=live}}

On Sunday 20 June 1869, the first Presbyterian church was opened in Dalby.{{cite news|date=23 June 1869|title=DALBY.|page=3|newspaper=The Darling Downs Gazette And General Advertiser|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75458498|access-date=24 May 2020|via=Trove|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220203/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/75458498|url-status=live}} Reverend George Grimm had conducting regular services since 1865.{{Cite web|title=Presbyterian Churches on the Downs - Downs Folk|url=http://downsfolk.wikidot.com/presbyterian-churches-on-the-downs|website=Downs Folk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524032308/http://downsfolk.wikidot.com/presbyterian-churches-on-the-downs|archive-date=2020-05-24|access-date=2020-05-24}}

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.

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 on circa 1887. On 1 January 1909, it became Mocatta's Corner State School. It closed in 1925. It was on the south-west corner of the junction of Dalby Cooyar Road and Mocattas Corner Road ({{Coord|-27.11677|151.36232|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mocatta's Corner State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1921 |title=Darling Downs 2 Mile map BG1 series sheet 8 |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-darling-downs-bg1-sh8-1921/original |access-date=5 July 2024 |publisher=Queensland Government |format=Map}}{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}

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.{{cite news|date=7 March 1900|title=DALBY CONSUMPTIVE HOME TO BE CALLED JUBILEE SANATORIUM.|volume=XLII|page=2|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=9,622|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185584231|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=12 November 2021|archive-date=13 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113233943/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/185584231|url-status=live}}{{Cite QSA Agency|2185|Dalby Sanatorium|13 November 2021

}} 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".{{Citation|title='Taking the waters': mineral springs, artesian bores and health tourism in Queensland, 1870–1950|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/189892181|date=2013|author1=Griggs, Peter|page=164|publisher=Cambridge University Press|access-date=16 January 2017|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507084501/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/189892181|url-status=live}} 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.{{Citation|title='Taking the waters': mineral springs, artesian bores and health tourism in Queensland, 1870–1950|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/189892181|date=2013|author1=Griggs, Peter|pages=168–169|publisher=Cambridge University Press|access-date=16 January 2017|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507084501/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/189892181|url-status=live}} It closed in January 1938 with its remaining patients transferred to Westwood Sanatorium.{{cite news|date=25 August 1938|title=Dalby Sanatorium To Be Used as Hospital for Sub-normal Males|page=2 (SECOND EDITION)|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183868771|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=12 November 2021|archive-date=13 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113233943/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/183868771|url-status=live}}

Kincora Provisional School opened in 1908 "via Dalby" and was renamed Moonie River Provisional School circa December 1908. It closed circa 1916.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

File:StateLibQld 1 259092 Methodist Church, Dalby, ca. 1935.jpg

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.{{cite news|date=23 November 1912|title=DALBY.|volume=LV|page=3|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=278|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180420779|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220203/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180420779|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=12 December 1912|title=GENERAL ITEMS.|volume=LV|page=4|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=294|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180418976|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220204/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180418976|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=14 December 1912|title=DALBY|volume=LV|page=3|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=296|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180423846|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220204/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180423846|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|date=25 March 1949|title=TENDERS CALLED FOR NEW METHODIST CHURCH|page=3|newspaper=The Dalby Herald|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216406135|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220204/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216406135|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|date=3 October 1949|title=From cities and towns|page=5|newspaper=The Courier-mail|issue=4010|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49715218|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220205/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49715218|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=4 October 1949|title=STONELAYING FOR METHODIST CHURCH|page=4|newspaper=The Dalby Herald|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216407693|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220205/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216407693|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=4 October 1949|title=PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK|page=4|newspaper=The Dalby Herald|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216407698|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220205/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216407698|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Dalby Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/1771-dalby-uniting-church|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220206/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/1771-dalby-uniting-church}} Construction commenced in May 1950, but there were delays in obtaining building materials until August 1951.{{cite news|date=19 May 1950|title=START ON NEW CHURCH CONSTRUCTION|page=6|newspaper=The Dalby Herald|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216792459|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220207/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216792459|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=10 August 1951|title=NEW METHODIST CHURCH|page=2|newspaper=The Dalby Herald|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216777842|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220239/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216777842|url-status=live}} The new church was dedicated on Saturday 8 December 1951 by Reverend Tom Hardy Blackburn.{{cite news|date=7 December 1951|title=DEDICATION OF NEW METHODIST CHURCH|page=1|newspaper=The Dalby Herald|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216777884|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220239/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216777884|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=11 December 1951|title=NEW METHODIST CHURCH OPENED|page=1|newspaper=The Dalby Herald|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216778628|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220240/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216778628|url-status=live}} When the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became the Dalby Uniting Church.

The Dalby War Memorial was unveiled by the Queensland Governor, Matthew Nathan, on 26 July 1922.{{cite web|title=Dalby War Memorial|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/multiple/display/91280-dalby-war-memorial|publisher=Monument Australia|access-date=3 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407120550/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/multiple/display/91280-dalby-war-memorial|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=live}}

File:Inside the Paragon Cafe at Dalby, Queensland, ca. 1936.jpg

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.{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2019/09/20/paragon-cafe-dalby/|title=PARAGON CAFÉ, DALBY|date=20 September 2019|website=State Library of Queensland|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107001640/http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2019/09/20/paragon-cafe-dalby/|archive-date=7 November 2019|access-date=15 January 2020}}

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.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://dalbyshsbunya.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx|title=Dalby State High School Bunya campus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124014224/https://dalbyshsbunya.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=24 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=23 January 2018}}

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.

Dalby South State School opened on 29 March 1965.{{Cite web |date=2019-10-11 |title=History |url=https://dalbsoutss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Dalby South State School |language=en}}

Dalby Christian School was opened on 1 February 1981 by the Dalby Gospel Chapel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dalbycc.qld.edu.au/college/history|title=History|website=Dalby Christian College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810133905/https://www.dalbycc.qld.edu.au/college/history|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=live|access-date=10 August 2019}}

The Christian Outreach College opened on 28 January 1984. It closed on 18 September 1991.

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.{{Cite web|title=Queensland's First Municipal Desalination Plant|url=https://www.waterworld.com/home/article/16201067/queenslands-first-municipal-desalination-plant|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220239/https://www.waterworld.com/home/article/16201067/queenslands-first-municipal-desalination-plant|archive-date=12 September 2021|access-date=26 January 2020}} The second and larger plant opened in 2011.{{Cite web|title=Second reverse osmosis plant opens at Dalby|url=http://www.watercareer.com.au/archived-news/second-reverse-osmosis-plant-opens-at-dalby|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413071607/http://www.watercareer.com.au/archived-news/second-reverse-osmosis-plant-opens-at-dalby|archive-date=13 April 2019}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Dalby Shoppingworld|url=http://www.dalbyshoppingworld.com.au/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710081931/http://www.dalbyshoppingworld.com.au/|archive-date=10 July 2019|access-date=2020-01-26}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018}}

In 2016, Dalby's population was increasing rapidly with many new estates created and subdivisions made.{{Cite web|date=May 2016|title=Indicators of change in Dalby and district community|url=https://boomtown-indicators.org/sites/report.boomtown-toolkit.org/files/dalby_booklet_v8_celoxis_0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131190846/https://boomtown-indicators.org/sites/report.boomtown-toolkit.org/files/dalby_booklet_v8_celoxis_0.pdf|archive-date=31 January 2017|access-date=19 January 2017|website=SMI CRSM Centre of Social Responsibility in Mining}} Some notable new estates include Sunnyside Estate, Heritage Gardens, Callistemon Park and a new estate on the Warrego Highway side of Sandalwood Avenue.

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, 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%.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30798|name=Dalby (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Dalby had a population of 12,758 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30792|name=Dalby (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:Dalby Sir Joshua Thomas Bell Memorial.jpg

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

• 133 Cunningham Street: former Dalby Town Council Chambers and Offices{{cite QHR|15793|Dalby Town Council Chambers and Offices (former)|601018|access-date=16 July 2013}}
• 153 Cunningham Street: St John's Anglican Church{{cite QHR|3367|St John's Anglican Church|602399|access-date=16 July 2013}}
• 169 Cunningham Street: St Columba's Convent{{cite QHR|31791|St Columba's Convent (former)|602761|access-date=16 July 2013}}
• 21 New Street: Dalby Fire Station{{cite QHR|3464|Dalby Fire Station|602754|access-date=16 July 2013}}
• 28B Nicholson Street: Dalby State High School{{cite QHR|Dalby State High School|650036|access-date=13 February 2018}}
• Patrick Street: Dalby War Memorial and Gates{{cite QHR|15216|Dalby War Memorial and Gates|600441|access-date=16 July 2013}}
• 58 Patrick Street: Dalby Olympic Swimming Pool{{cite QHR|3307|Dalby Swimming Pool Complex|602564|access-date=16 July 2013}}

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 {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} 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).Hartland, Susan [http://www.thechronicle.com.au/storyprint.cfm?storyID={{convert|3660117|in|m|abbr=on}}illion ethanol plant for Dalby"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020149/http://www.thechronicle.com.au/storyprint.cfm?storyID=3660117 |date=28 September 2007 }} Toowoomba Chronicle 9 November 2006 Retrieved 27 October 2006

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|date=May 2023}}

Approximately {{convert|50|km|mi|0}} 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.

File:Dalby State School, Administration building, 2019.jpg

Dalby State School is a government primary (Preparatory to Year 6) school for boys and girls at 155 Cunningham Street ({{coord|-27.1846|151.2623|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Dalby State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-09 |title=Dalby State School |url=https://dalbyss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Dalby State School |language=en}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2018}} It is one of the oldest state primary schools in Queensland.{{Cite web|url=http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/topics/oldest-schools.html|title=The oldest state primary schools in Queensland|website=education.qld.gov.au|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123131611/http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/topics/oldest-schools.html|archive-date=23 January 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-01-24}}

File:Dalby South State School, 2023.jpg

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, {{coord|-27.1948|151.2701|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Dalby South State School}}).{{Cite web |date=2022-12-06 |title=Dalby South State School |url=https://dalbsoutss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Dalby South State School |language=en}} 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). It includes a special education program (Preparatory to Year 10).{{cite web |title=Dalby SS - Special Education Program |url=https://www.dalbyss.eq.edu.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119131712/https://dalbyss.eq.edu.au/ |archive-date=19 January 2019 |access-date=21 November 2018}}

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 ({{coord|-27.1718|151.2676|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Our Lady of the Southern Cross College}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.dalby.catholic.edu.au|title=Our Lady of the Southern Cross College|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121003815/https://dalby.catholic.edu.au/|archive-date=21 January 2019|url-status=live}} 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). 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 ({{coord|-27.1722|151.2780|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Dalby Christian College}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.dalbycc.qld.edu.au|title=Dalby Christian College|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021024508/http://www.dalbycc.qld.edu.au/|archive-date=21 October 2018|url-status=live}} 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). It has an early learning centre and boarding for secondary students as well as a special education program.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dalbycc.qld.edu.au/|title=Dalby Christian College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212054828/http://www.dalbycc.qld.edu.au/|archive-date=12 February 2018|url-status=live|access-date=23 January 2018}}

Dalby State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 26 Nicholson Street ({{coord|-27.1781|151.2595|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Dalby State High School}}).{{Cite web |date=2021-06-11 |title=Dalby State High School |url=https://dalbyshs.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Dalby State High School |language=en}} 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). It includes a special education program.{{cite web |title=Dalby SHS - Special Education Program |url=https://www.dalbyshs.eq.edu.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302062042/http://dalbyshs.eq.edu.au/ |archive-date=2 March 2014 |access-date=21 November 2018}} The school has a boarding facility for boys and girls at 463 Bunya highway ({{coord|-27.1523|151.2949|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Dalby State High School - Bunya Campus}}).{{cite web |title=Dalby State High School - Bunya Campus |url=https://www.dalbyshsbunya.eq.edu.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224075246/https://dalbyshsbunya.eq.edu.au/ |archive-date=24 February 2021 |access-date=21 November 2018}} 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.

There are two locally published newspapers, the Dalby Herald and Northern Downs News, as well as the Dalby Magazine.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Dalby also has its own community radio station, 89.9 FM 4DDD, which was founded on 26 January 1992.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.radio4ddd.com.au/about/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |language=en-AU}}

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.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

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.

Western Downs Regional Council operates a public library at 107 Drayton Street.{{Cite web|title="Bundaberg Library (Public Libraries Connect)".|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/western_downs/dalby_library|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130145541/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/western_downs/dalby_library|archive-date=30 January 2018|access-date=30 January 2018|website=State Library of Queensland}} It is open 10am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 12.30pm Saturday.{{Cite web|title=Dalby Library|url=https://www.westerndownslibraries.com/dalby-library/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118222221/http://www.westerndownslibraries.com/dalby-library/|archive-date=18 November 2017|access-date=23 January 2018}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Dalby Library Creative Studios|url=https://www.westerndownslibraries.com/creative-studios/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123192252/https://www.westerndownslibraries.com/creative-studios/|archive-date=23 January 2018|access-date=23 January 2018}}

St Mark's Lutheran Church is at 58A Condamine Street ({{Coord|-27.1806|151.2632|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Mark's Lutheran Church}}).{{Cite web|title=St Mark's Lutheran Church|url=https://www.southwesternqldlutheranparish.com.au/dalby|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129065718/https://www.southwesternqldlutheranparish.com.au/dalby|archive-date=29 November 2020|access-date=2021-02-26|website=South Western Queensland Lutheran Parish|language=en-AU}}

Dalby Uniting Church is at 71-73 Condamine Street ({{Coord|-27.1834|151.2604|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Dalby Uniting Church}}).{{cite web|title=Find a Church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod}}{{Cite web|title=Contact|url=https://www.dalbyuniting.org.au/contact|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311104550/https://www.dalbyuniting.org.au/contact|archive-date=11 March 2021|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Dalby Uniting Church|language=en}}

The Springvale Kupunn branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 52 Cunningham Street.{{Cite web|title=Branch Locations|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|archive-date=26 December 2018|access-date=26 December 2018|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association}}

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.[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-11/dalby-teenager-zimmorlei-farquharson-drafted-to-brisbane-lions/12747796 Brisbane Lions draft 'prodigious talent' Zimmorlei Farquharson] by Lucy Robinson for ABC Southern Qld 11 October 2020

Condamine, 124 kilometres away has a rugby union team which compete in the Darling Downs Rugby Union competition, against such teams as the University of Southern Queensland Rugby Union Club, Toowoomba Rangers Rugby Union Club, Toowoomba City Rugby Club, Roma Echidnas, the Condamine Cods, the Dalby Wheatmen, the Goondiwindi Emus, the Warwick Water Rats and the University of Queensland Rugby Union Club (Gatton Campus).

Image:Cactoblastis monument, Dalby, Queensland, Australia.jpg]]

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.

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 {{convert|45.6|°C|°F|abbr=on}} on 4 December 1913, while the coldest was {{convert|-7.2|°C|°F|abbr=on}} on 5 July 1895.{{BoM Aust stats|site_ref=cw_041023_All|site_name=Dalby Post Office|access-date=4 March 2013|date=February 2013}} The annual rainfall is {{convert|681.2|mm|in|abbr=on}}, the majority of which falls as thunderstorms in the summer months.

Dalby experienced its worst floods since 1981 in late December 2010.{{Cite news|last=Trenwith|first=Courtney|date=30 December 2010|title=Heartbreak beneath the flood slick|work=Brisbane Times|publisher=Fairfax Media|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/weather/heartbreak-beneath-the-flood-slick-20101229-19ad6.html|url-status=live|access-date=4 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204125940/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/weather/heartbreak-beneath-the-flood-slick-20101229-19ad6.html|archive-date=4 February 2011}} 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.{{Cite news|date=30 December 2010|title=Drinking water trucked into flood-ravaged Dalby|work=Australian Associated Press|publisher=Herald Sun|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/drinking-water-trucked-into-flood-ravaged-dalby/story-e6frf7jx-1225978676970|url-status=live|access-date=4 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111112249/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/drinking-water-trucked-into-flood-ravaged-dalby/story-e6frf7jx-1225978676970|archive-date=11 November 2013}} In early March 2013, Dalby received another severe flood, cutting the town in two after {{convert|122|mm|in|abbr=on}} of rain was recorded over a few days. Flood waters peaked at 3.21 metres and a number of homes received water damage.{{Cite news|date=2 March 2013|title=Dalby Braces for Flooding|work=APN|publisher=Sunshine Coast Daily|url=http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/dalby-braces-flooding/1776614/|url-status=live|access-date=4 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304171127/http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/dalby-braces-flooding/1776614/|archive-date=4 March 2013}}

{{Weather box

|location = Dalby Airport (1992–2022, 344 m AMSL)

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan record high C = 42.6

|Feb record high C = 43.0

|Mar record high C = 40.2

|Apr record high C = 35.2

|May record high C = 32.9

|Jun record high C = 31.1

|Jul record high C = 27.4

|Aug record high C = 34.2

|Sep record high C = 38.4

|Oct record high C = 39.5

|Nov record high C = 41.3

|Dec record high C = 42.1

|Jan high C = 32.6

|Feb high C = 31.6

|Mar high C = 30.2

|Apr high C = 27.3

|May high C = 23.3

|Jun high C = 20.1

|Jul high C = 19.9

|Aug high C = 21.9

|Sep high C = 25.7

|Oct high C = 28.5

|Nov high C = 30.6

|Dec high C = 31.8

|Jan low C = 18.8

|Feb low C = 18.4

|Mar low C = 16.6

|Apr low C = 12.5

|May low C = 8.9

|Jun low C = 5.5

|Jul low C = 4.1

|Aug low C = 4.6

|Sep low C = 8.7

|Oct low C = 12.7

|Nov low C = 15.6

|Dec low C = 17.7

|Jan record low C = 10.0

|Feb record low C = 10.6

|Mar record low C = 5.0

|Apr record low C = 0.6

|May record low C = -3.6

|Jun record low C = -4.6

|Jul record low C = -5.8

|Aug record low C = -6.2

|Sep record low C = -2.2

|Oct record low C = -0.2

|Nov record low C = 2.5

|Dec record low C = 7.7

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|Jan precipitation mm = 74.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 80.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 62.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 17.7

|May precipitation mm = 35.4

|Jun precipitation mm = 31.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 22.8

|Aug precipitation mm = 22.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 27.0

|Oct precipitation mm = 62.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 69.6

|Dec precipitation mm = 92.1

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 5.5

|Feb precipitation days = 5.5

|Mar precipitation days = 4.4

|Apr precipitation days = 2.3

|May precipitation days = 4.0

|Jun precipitation days = 3.4

|Jul precipitation days = 3.2

|Aug precipitation days = 2.7

|Sep precipitation days = 3.6

|Oct precipitation days = 5.9

|Nov precipitation days = 6.1

|Dec precipitation days = 7.2

|source 1 = Australian Bureau of Meteorology Dalby Airport (1992–2022){{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_041522_All.shtml |title=Dalby Airport, QLD Climate (1992-present normals and extremes) |publisher=Australian Bureau of Meteorology |access-date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520082157/http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_041522_All.shtml |url-status=live }}

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• Luke and Cody Cook, Winners of House Rules (2016){{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
• Brodie Croft, rugby league player
• B. R. Dionysius, poet
• Beau Fermor, rugby league player
• Zimmorlei Farquharson, Australian rules footballer
• Jayson Gillham, classical pianist
• David Gleeson, golfer
• Stirling Hinchliffe, Queensland Labor politician
• Jerry Jerome, stockman and boxer
• Alan Jones, radio host and rugby coach
• Sir James Killen, Liberal MP for Moreton 1955–1983
• George Lee, gliding champion
• Jason Little, former Australian professional rugby union player
• Andrew McCullough, rugby league player
• Andrew McGahan, author
• Mark O'Shea, of the country music duo O'Shea
• Steve Price, rugby league player
• Margot Robbie, actress{{cite web |title=Margot Robbie {{!}} Biography, Movies, Wolf of Wall Street, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margot-Robbie |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425180750/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margot-Robbie |url-status=live }}
• John Size, Australian Racing Hall of Fame trainer
• Hugh Sweeny, first Australian prisoner of war in World War II
• Carl Webb- NRL, Queensland and Australian Rugby League Player
• Stephen Wilson, Paralympic athlete

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• Bunya Mountains

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061008132534/http://www.dalby.qld.gov.au/home.htm Dalby Town Council official site]
• [http://queenslandplaces.com.au/dalby University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Dalby]
• [http://www.facebook.com/groups/dalby Dalby Community]
• Town map of Dalby, 1985 [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-dalby-sh1-1985.jpg east] [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans//cad-map-town-dalby-sh2-1983.jpg west]
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma996912244702061 Annual reports Dalby Hospitals Board 1951 to 1990], State Library of Queensland
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma99183134105602061 Queensland Small Towns Documentary Project 2013: Dalby and Moranbah], State Library of Queensland

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