Degilbo

The name Degilbo was the name of a pastoral run owned by William Henry Walsh (a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council) in 1847. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word dackeel bo meaning sharp or upright stones.{{cite QPN|9673|Degilbo|access-date=13 September 2015}} A very popular story is that Degilbo is actually the word obliged spelt backwards, attributed to a railway surveyor, who had to assign names to many railway stations, had run out of ideas but as he was obliged to come up with a name, he wrote that word down backwards.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35930451 |title=Letters to the Editor. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=30 October 1935 |access-date=12 July 2013 |page=21 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414080051/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35930451 |url-status=live }} Being perhaps a more entertaining story, the story of the backwards spelling is frequently published, and is usually followed by a spate of correspondence pointing out that the name of the pastoral run preceded the railway station by at least 20 years.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15992434 |title=ABORIGINAL NAMES. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 March 1922 |access-date=12 July 2013 |page=15 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414080052/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15992434 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21614313 |title=MEANING OF DEGILBO. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=15 December 1930 |access-date=12 July 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414080054/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21614313 |url-status=live }}

The first Degilbo Post Office opened on 1 April 1893. It was renamed Woowoonga in 1894, Appallan in 1897 and Degilbo in 1898. It closed in 1958.{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=*Degilbo* | access-date = 20 February 2021 | archive-date = 14 April 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220414080053/http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=%2ADegilbo%2A | url-status = live }}

Woowoonga Provisional School opened on 15 March 1894. In 1898 it was renamed Degilbo Provisional School and in January 1908 it became Degilbo State School. With only 11 students enrolled as at November 2007, the school was mothballed on 31 December 2007 before final closure on 5 June 2008.{{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}}{{Cite web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=6 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}}{{Cite news |date=2007-11-22 |title=Degilbo school to close doors |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-11-22/degilbo-school-to-close-doors/733636 |access-date=2022-04-14 |archive-date=29 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029021927/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-11-22/degilbo-school-to-close-doors/733636 |url-status=live }} It was at 598 Gooroolba Road ({{Coord|-25.4829|151.9971|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Degilbo State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=2008 |title=9247-22 Mount Shamrock |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9247-22-mount-shamrock-ed-1-2008.jpg |access-date=14 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414080052/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9247-22-mount-shamrock-ed-1-2008.jpg |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=1977 |title=9247 Mount Perry |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-100000-9247-mount-perry-1977.jpg |access-date=14 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414080051/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-100000-9247-mount-perry-1977.jpg |url-status=live }} The school's website was archived.{{Cite web |date=2008-07-18 |title=Home page |url=http://degilboss.eq.edu.au/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718173928/http://degilboss.eq.edu.au/ |archive-date=2008-07-18 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Degilbo State School}}

Woowoonga Creek Provisional School on 17 January 1898 and became Woowoonga Creek State School on 1 January 1909 only to close that same year. The school was just south of Woowoonga Creek ({{Coord|-25.4612|152.0448|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Woowoonga Creek State School (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=1900|title=Parish of Woowoonga|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-woowoonga-1900.jpg|access-date=10 January 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112082255/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-woowoonga-1900.jpg|url-status=live}}

Mount Appallan Provisional School opened on 4 August 1902. On 1 January 1909, it became Mount Appallan State School. It closed in 1953. It was at 33 Cheese Factory Road ({{Coord|-25.4376|152.0024|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Appallan State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1942 |title=Dallarnil |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-dallarnil-1942.jpg |access-date=14 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414085147/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-dallarnil-1942.jpg |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=1951 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m115 |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m115-admin-bdy-1951.jpg |access-date=14 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414085148/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m115-admin-bdy-1951.jpg |url-status=live }} It was named after Mount Appallan ({{Coord|-25.4179|152.0034|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Appallan}}).

The Degilbo War Memorial was unveiled on Sunday 17 September 1922. It commemorates those who served and died in World War I.{{cite news |date=22 September 1922 |title=WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILING. |page=3 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |issue=14,699 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151739311 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=14 April 2022 |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414080057/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/151739311 |url-status=live }} It is located beside the Isis Highway ({{Coord|-25.48502|152.00108|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Degilbo War Memorial}}).{{cite web |title=Degilbo War Memorial |url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/91293-degilbo-war-memorial |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407141619/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/91293-degilbo-war-memorial |archive-date=7 April 2014 |access-date=5 April 2014 |publisher=Monument Australia}}

The Bicentennial National Trail passes Degilbo.{{Cite web |last=Council |first=North Burnett Regional |title=Bicentennial Trail |url=https://northburnett.qld.gov.au/bicentennial-trail/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=North Burnett Regional Council |language=en-AU}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Degilbo had a population of 338 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30485|name=Degilbo (SSC)||accessdate=12 July 2013|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Degilbo had a population of 174 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30833|name=Degilbo (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Degilbo had a population of 182 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30827|name=Degilbo (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

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

• {{convert|6|km|mi}} west of Degilbo on the Mungar-Monto railway line: Deep Creek Railway Bridge, Chowey{{cite QHR|14806|Deep Creek Railway Bridge, Chowey|600031|access-date=12 July 2013}}{{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}}
• Exhibition Street: Degilbo Hall
• 607 Seccombes Road, off Maryborough - Biggenden Road: Degilbo Cemetery

The Official Register of Engineering Heritage Markers listed

• Degilbo-Mundubbera Railway Bridges in October 2016. A total of 12 bridges that are situated on the Mungar to Mundubbera rail line, including the Chowey Bridge, are recognized with one Engineering Heritage Marker representing the "best example of a collection of historic railway bridges in Australia".{{Cite web |last=McLachlan |first=Mark |date=2018-06-06 |title=Degilbo to Mundubbera Railway Bridges, 1905 to 1914 |url=https://www.boyneburnettinlandrailtrail.org.au/blog/degilbo-to-mundubbera-railway-bridges-1905-to-1914/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=McGrath, PSM |first=B. L. |last2=Churchward |first2=Alan |date=October 2015 |title=Nomination of the Gayndah Rail Bridges, Queensland for ENGINEERING HERITAGE RECOGNITION under Engineering Heritage Australia’s Engineering Heritage Recognition Program |url=https://portal.engineersaustralia.org.au/system/files/engineering-heritage-australia/nomination-title/HRP.Degilbo-Mundubbera%20Railway%20Bridges.Nomination.V10.Changes%20by%20AC.October%202016.pdf |access-date=26 September 2022 |website=Engineers Australia}}

There are no schools in Degilbo. The nearest primary schools are in Biggenden and Dallarnil while the nearest secondary schools are in Biggenden (to Year 10) and in Gayndah and Childers (both to Year 12).{{Queensland Globe|access-date=14 April 2022}}

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