:Nobby, Queensland

The Southern railway line passes through the locality but Nobby railway station is now abandoned ({{coord|-27.8519|151.9046|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Nobby 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}}

Nobby has the following mountains:

• Kent ({{coord|-27.8647|151.8207|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Kent (mountain)}}) {{convert|624|m}}{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite QPN|17984|Kent|mountain in Toowoomba Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Kent ({{coord|-27.8317|151.8381|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Kent}}) {{convert|625|m}}{{cite QPN|17987|Mount Kent|mountain in Toowoomba Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Rocky Point ({{coord|-27.8214|151.9026|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Rocky Point}}) {{convert|609|m}}{{Cite QPN|28868|Rocky Point|point in Toowoomba Region|access-date=30 November 2022}}

The origin of the name Nobby is unknown. When the Western railway line from Toowoomba to Warwick was being constructed, a worker's camp known as McDonald's Camp was established in the area in 1868 and this gave its name to the general area. However, the railway siding created was known as Nobby's Siding and the area become known as Nobby. However, the township that was surveyed alongside the railway in 1891 was named Davenport after George Davenport, a former local Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Drayton and Toowoomba whose pastoral run was at nearby Headington Hill.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76661875 |title=LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. |newspaper=Warwick Argus |location=Qld. |date=31 August 1889 |access-date=10 June 2015 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3534629 |title=THE CLIFTON LANDS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=16 December 1891 |access-date=10 June 2015 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} However, the Railway Department refused to rename the railway station, which created confusion having the railway station and the town with different names, leading to many people continuing to refer to the town as Nobby.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19093689 |title=QUEENSLAND. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=10 January 1901 |access-date=10 June 2015 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} Eventually the town's name was officially changed back to Nobby in 1931.{{cite web|title=Nobby|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/nobby|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|access-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610052034/http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/nobby|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=live}}

File:Davenport Township land sale map 1889.jpg

On 24 September 1889, Arthur Martin & Co auctioned 258 town allotments under the name Davenport Township. These blocks were located on south west side of Nobby railway station.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186199434|title=Advertising|date=31 August 1889|newspaper=The Week|access-date=26 March 2019|issue=714|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXVIII|page=6|via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Plan of town allotments and suburban blocks in Davenport township adjoining Nobby railway station, Clifton, Darling Downs |type=Map |date=1889 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/251878}}

Nobby's Siding Post Office opened by March 1894 (a receiving office had been open from 1885{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174684238 |title=Monthly Guide. |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Brisbane |date=12 December 1885 |access-date=10 June 2015 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}). It was renamed Nobby's by 1902 and simply Nobby by 1908.{{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&country= | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | url-status = live }}

Mount Kent State School opened on 14 May 1883 and closed on 1959.{{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}} It was on Ted Mengel Road, now within the locality of Felton ({{Coord|-27.8446|151.8292|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Kent State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1930 |title=Parish of Hodgson County of Aubigny |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-hodgson-county-of-aubigny-1930.jpg |access-date=30 November 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}

Nobby Provisional School opened on 15 November 1897, becoming Nobby State School on 1 January 1909.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}} It closed in 1921 and a new school Nobby Township State School opened on 30 January 1922, which was later renamed Nobby State School. The school celebrated its 125th anniversary on Saturday 12 November 2022.{{Cite web |title=Nobby State School celebrates 125th |url=https://arr.news/2022/08/04/nobby-state-school-celebrates-125th/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Australian Rural & Regional News |language=en-AU}}

Rockfield Provisional School opened on 23 October 1905. On 1 January 1909, it became Rockfield State School. It closed circa 1928. It was at 349 Mount Kent Boundary Road (corner Denton Road, {{Coord|-27.8387|151.8758|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Rockfield State School (former)}}).

A School of Arts was opened in Nobby in 1909.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182711888|title=OPENING NOBBY SCHOOL OF ARTS.|date=3 July 1909|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|access-date=9 February 2018|issue=8,677|location=Queensland|volume=LII |page=4|via=National Library of Australia}} The hall, along with an adjacent bank building, was completely destroyed by fire in July 1928 and was rebuilt in 1929.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21454793|title=NOBBY.|date=13 December 1929|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=9 February 2018|issue=22,427|page=27|via=National Library of Australia}}

Bellview State School opened on 2 February 1920. It closed on 1949.

The Nobby branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association was established in April 1925; its first president was Sister Elizabeth Kenny.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20921626|title=COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION.|date=29 April 1925|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=1 January 2019|issue=20,986|location=Queensland, Australia|page=23|via=National Library of Australia}}

St Paul's Church of England in Back Plains was dedicated on 12 February 1892 by Archbishop of Brisbane William Webber. The last service was conducted on 8 August 1943. In 1953 the church building was relocated to Nobby where it was re-established as St Paul's Church of England.{{Cite news|url=https://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/news/back-plains-set-to-celebrate/3082715/|title=Back Plains set to celebrate|last=Rees|first=Glyn|date=27 August 2016|work=Warwick Daily News|access-date=2020-01-01|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828140142/http://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/news/back-plains-set-to-celebrate/3082715/|archive-date=28 August 2016|url-status=live}} The last service at Nobby was conducted circa 11 May 1975. In 1979 the church building was relocated to 12 Jubb Street, Allora to become the Scots Presbyterian Church for those Presbyterians in the district who did not wish to become part of the Uniting Church of Australia. The church in Allora was dedicated on 26 July 1980 by Presbyterian Moderator Rt Rev F. White.{{Cite web|url=https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|title=Closed Churches|website=Anglican Church of Southern Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403003329/https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|archive-date=3 April 2019|access-date=24 February 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/presbyterian-church-of--australia/directory/779-scotsand#39;-presbyterian-church|title=Scots' Presbyterian Church|website=Churches Australia|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}

In November 1947 on the 50th anniversary of Nobby State School, a war memorial gate was officially unveiled in the school grounds.{{Cite web |date=2014-06-23 |title=Nobby School Memorial Gate |url=https://www.qldwarmemorials.com.au/memorial?id=932 |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Queensland War Memorials Register |language=en-AU}}{{Cite news |date=1947-10-04 |title=Golden Jubilee of Nobby School |page=5 |work=Warwick Daily News |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191852967 |access-date=2022-12-01}}

In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the locality of Nobby had a population of 391 people.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC37019|name=Nobby (Clifton Shire) (State Suburb)|access-date=3 May 2009|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Nobby had a population of 484 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31228|name=Nobby (SSC)|access-date=10 June 2015|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Nobby had a population of 563 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32173|name=Nobby (State Suburb)|access-date=23 February 2020|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Nobby had a population of 609 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32155|name=Nobby (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:Victor-Denton-memorial-Nobby-cemetery.JPG

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

• Victor Denton War Memorial, Nobby Cemetery ({{coord|-27.8487|151.8958|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Victor Denton war memorial}}){{cite QHR|15189|Victor Denton War Memorial|600414|access-date=15 July 2013}}

Nobby State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 4 Davenport Street ({{coord|-27.8524|151.9060|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Nobby State School}}).{{cite web |date=9 July 2018 |title=State and non-state school details |url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |url-status=live |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 |access-date=21 November 2018 |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web |date=2020-01-17 |title=Nobby State School |url=https://nobbyss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Nobby State School |language=en}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 55 students with 4 teachers and 8 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2018 |url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority}}

There are no secondary schools in Nobby. The nearest government secondary school is Clifton State High School in Clifton to the south.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=6 September 2023}}

File:Rudd's Pub, Nobby, 2015.JPG

Rudd's Pub was originally built in 1893 across the road from the Nobby railway station as the Davenport Hotel; the architects were James Marks and Son.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171204746 |title=GENERAL NEWS. |newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette |location=Qld. |date=14 January 1893 |access-date=10 June 2015 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} Based on local folklore that author Steele Rudd (who lived in Nobby) wrote some of his works in the pub, it was renamed Rudd's Pub in the 1980s.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.ruddspub.com.au/history.html|website=Rudd's Pub|access-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610051005/http://www.ruddspub.com.au/history.html|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=live}}

File:Sister Kenny House.jpg

File:Sister Kenny memorial.jpg

Sister Kenny House is a memorial to Sister Elizabeth Kenny who pioneered physiotherapy as a treatment for polio.{{cite web|title=Sister Elizabeth Kenny (Sister Kenny House)|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/medicine/display/92179-sister-elizabeth-kenny|website=Monuments Australia|access-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610051211/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/medicine/display/92179-sister-elizabeth-kenny|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=live}} This small museum holds artefacts relating to her life and therapies.{{cite web|last1=Fairley|first1=Miki|title=Sister Kenny: Confronting the Conventional in Polio Treatment|url=http://www.oandp.com/articles/2008-11_09.asp|access-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610050515/http://www.oandp.com/articles/2008-11_09.asp|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=live}}

It is noted for having been home to two eminent Australians:

• Steele Rudd, author of the On Our Selection series of books
• Sister Elizabeth Kenny, who pioneered the use of physiotherapy in treating polio

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• {{cite book |title=100 years of education in Nobby and district, 1897-1997 |vauthors= |date=1997 |publisher=Nobby State School Parents’ and Citizens’ Association |isbn=1876245085}} — includes closed schools: Doonan & Moran's 1880-1884; Mount Kent 1883-1959; King's Creek 1884-1931; Nobby 1887-1997; Nevilton 1903-1958; Rockfield 1905-1928; Mount Sibley 1907-1953; Bell View 1920-1950.

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• [http://queenslandplaces.com.au/nobby University of Queensland: Queensland Places:Nobby]

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