Dallarnil

In 1887, {{Convert|42240|acres||abbr=}} of land were resumed from the Stanton Harcourt pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms on 17 April 1887.{{cite news |date=2 March 1877 |title=Proclamations under the New Land Acts. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1361846 |access-date=20 February 2020 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=Trove |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827084837/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1361846 |url-status=live }}

Dallarnil Provisional School opened on 26 February 1901. On 1 January 1909, it became Dallarnil State School.{{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}}

In November 1901, the first Anglican services were held in the provisional school.{{cite news |date=19 November 1901 |title=DEGILBO. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148167375 |accessdate=9 June 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=9,053}}

Dallarnil North Provisional School opened in June 1904. On 1 January 1909, it became Dallarnil North State School It closed in 1937. It was on the northern side of Grills Lane (approx {{Coord|-25.34200|152.00474|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Dallarnil North State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1933 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m115 |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m115-surv-control-1933/original |access-date=7 June 2025 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=24 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224030756/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m115-surv-control-1933/original |url-status=live }}

The town takes its name from the former Dallarnil railway station ({{coord|-25.3875|152.0474|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Dallarnill railway station}}) on the Isis railway line, named by the Queensland Railways Department on 2 September 1911.{{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 railway station name was derived from the name of a pastoral run name, and is a corruption of an Aboriginal word, "conalaman" meaning big hill.File:Dallarnil township; Charles White, Auctioneer ; J. Hamilton Adair, Surveyor, 1913.jpg

In October 1912, 20 allotments of the Dallarnil Township were advertised to be auctioned by Charles White of Biggenden. A map advertising the auction states the allotments were immediately opposite the railway station with the railway line to terminus nearing completion.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Dallarnil township |type=Map |date=c. 1908 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/251877}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146946958 |title=Advertising |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |issue=12,314 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=19 October 1912 |access-date=16 March 2019 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The neighbourhood of Stanton takes its name from the former Stanton railway station ({{coord|-25.3291|152.045|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Stanton}}) on the Isis railway line,{{cite QPN|32201|Stanton|rail station - feature no longer exists in North Burnett Regional|access-date=21 May 2024}} which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 16 July 1914, which in turn takes its name from the pastoral run Stanton Harcourt named in 1854.

It is unclear when Dallarnil Gospel Hall opened, but Gospel Hall Road (presumably named after it) is in existence by 1915.{{cite news |date=20 April 1915 |title=DEGILBO SHIRE COUNCIL. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150935240 |accessdate=9 June 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=13,077}}

On Sunday 27 November 1921, Archbishop Gerald Sharp dedicated the new Anglican Church to St James, the Apostle and Martyr.{{cite news |date=1 December 1921 |title=DALLARNIL. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216966044 |accessdate=9 June 2024 |newspaper=The Bundaberg Mail |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=51 |issue=7,434}}

St Francis Xavier's Catholic Church was officially opened on Sunday 1 October 1933 by Archibishop James Duhig. It was {{Convert|48 by 30|ft}} and built from timber at a cost of £270.{{cite news |date=5 October 1933 |title=DALLARNIL CHURCH. -- DEDICATION CEREMONY |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article261626305 |accessdate=9 June 2024 |newspaper=The Catholic Advocate |location=Queensland, Australia |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXIII |issue=1166}}{{cite news |date=12 October 1933 |title=DALLARNIL CHURCH DEDICATED |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article261626266 |accessdate=9 June 2024 |newspaper=The Catholic Advocate |location=Queensland, Australia |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXIII |issue=1167}} In 1958, the church building was relocated to Tiaro.{{cite news |date=5 October 1933 |title=DALLARNIL CHURCH. -- DEDICATION CEREMONY |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article261626305 |accessdate=9 June 2024 |newspaper=The Catholic Advocate |location=Queensland, Australia |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXIII |issue=1166}}

A stump-capping ceremony for a Methodist church was held Saturday 12 October 1946. Unable to afford the cost of a contractor, the church was built with volunteer labour under the supervision of a carpenter. The church was officially opened on Saturday 16 July 1947. The timber church was designed by Cook and Kerrison. In 1977, following the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia, it became Dallarnil Uniting Church. The church was closed and subsequently sold on 18 March 2021. It was at 4 Main Street ({{coord|-25.38135|152.045|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Dallarnil Methodist Church}}).{{cite news |date=2 November 1945 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151766888 |accessdate=9 June 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=22,977}}{{cite news |date=24 October 1946 |title=METHODISTS BUILD A DALLARNIL CHURCH |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151445306 |accessdate=9 June 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=23,307}}{{cite news |date=6 August 1947 |title=DALLARNIL'S NEW METHODIST CHURCH |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147450118 |accessdate=9 June 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=23,551}}{{Cite web |title=Dallarnil Methodist Church {{!}} Dallarnil |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=3205&Dallarnil%20Methodist%20Church%20Dallarnil |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Queensland Religious Places Database |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609005150/https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=3205&Dallarnil%20Methodist%20Church%20Dallarnil |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=4 Main Street, Dallarnil, Qld 4621 |url=https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-qld-dallarnil-135323470 |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=Realestate.com.au |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609015100/https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-qld-dallarnil-135323470 |url-status=live }}{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-25.3815205,152.0453443,3a,15.3y,298.57h,88.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYj0s_kGhelDJ9NvQHzDGtA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu|access-date=9 June 2024|date=December 2022|title=Dallaranil Uniting Church (former)}}

The railway line from Childers to Dallarnil closed on 30 June 1955.{{cite news |date=15 January 1955 |title=6 State Branch Railway lines To Be Closed |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62541376 |accessdate=8 June 2024 |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |location=Queensland, Australia |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=LXXV |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608085925/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62541376 |url-status=live }}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Dallarnil had a population of 230 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30801|name=Dallarnil (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Dallarnil had a population of 245 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30795|name=Dallarnil (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:Dallarnil State School, 2024 01.jpg

Dallarnil State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 3 Main Street ({{coord|-25.3839|152.0456|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Dallarnil 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=2020-11-29 |title=Dallarnil State School |url=https://dallarniss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Dallarnil State School |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dallarniss.eq.edu.au/|title=Dallarnil State School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=1 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401222912/https://dallarniss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=dead}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 25 students with 5 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).{{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}}

There is no secondary school in Dallarnil. The nearest secondary schools are in Biggenden (to Year 10) and Childers (to Year 12).{{Queensland Globe|access-date=22 February 2020}}

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

• Dallarnil Cemetery, Isis Highway{{Cite web|url=https://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Local-Heritage-Register2.pdf|title=North Burnett Local Heritage Register|publisher=North Burnett Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816031644/https://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Local-Heritage-Register2.pdf|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live|access-date=16 August 2019}}
• Dallarnil Hall and Sports Grounds,Isis Highway

Dallarnil Gospel Hall is in Gospel Hall Road ({{coord|-25.407497|152.05|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Dallarnil Gospel Hall}}). It is affiliated with the Christian Community Churches of Australia.{{Cite web |title=Dallarnil Gospel Hall {{!}} Dallarnil |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=3204&Dallarnil%20Gospel%20Hall%20Dallarnil |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Queensland Religious Places Database |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609025634/https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=3204&Dallarnil%20Gospel%20Hall%20Dallarnil |url-status=live }}{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gospel+Hall+Rd,+Dallarnil+QLD+4621/Dallarnil+QLD+4621/@-25.4073037,152.0501604,3a,37.6y,131.1h,93.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sltyejM3qW4uUuOEb5ixkxg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x6beae021e4c4ddf1:0x762e793552ea61f3!2m2!1d152.0649402!2d-25.4154716!1m5!1m1!1s0x6beae1f4218e993b:0x400eef17f20c8e0!2m2!1d152.0456773!2d-25.3851073!3e0?coh=205409&entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDYwNS4wKgBIAVAD|access-date=9 June 2024|date=August 2022|title=Dallarnil Gospel Hall}}

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