Dalbeg, Queensland

Dalbeg is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Dalbeg had a population of 76 people.[1]

Dalbeg
Queensland
Road signs to Dalberg, 2010
Dalbeg is located in Queensland
Dalbeg
Dalbeg
Coordinates20.2701°S 147.2958°E / -20.2701; 147.2958
Population76 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.895/km2 (4.91/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4807
Area40.1 km2 (15.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Burdekin
State electorate(s)Burdekin
Federal division(s)
Localities around Dalbeg:
Swans Lagoon Millaroo Bogie
Eight Mile Creek Dalbeg Bogie
Eight Mile Creek Bogie Bogie

Geography
Sugarcane growing in Dalbeg, 2010

Dalbeg farming community located inland from the townships of Ayr and Home Hill. Situated on the banks of the Burdekin River, it is a fertile area famous for growing sugar cane and vegetables.

On many maps there appears to be a road crossing the Burdekin River at Dalbeg. In fact this was once a fording point. The earliest explorers coming from the Gulf region (The Plains of Promise) used Expedition Pass through the mountains to arrive at the banks of the Burdekin River at this fording point where they then crossed into Strathalbyn Station. The river can no longer be forded at this point.

History
Irrigation canals, Dalbeg, 2010

The area was originally known as Akala until the Queensland Surveyor General changed the name to Dalbeg, the name of a pastoral run taken up by pastoralist James Hall Scott on 28 May 1863.[2]

In the early 1950s, an irrigation scheme was established in Dalbeg, Millaroo and Clare to provide irrigated blocks for soldier settlers. Although the original intention was that the crops would be tobacco and rice, the settlers preferred to grow other crops, such as sugarcane, which are more water-intensive.[4][5][6][7]

Dalbeg Post Office opened on 1 December 1956 and closed in 1971.[8]

Dalbeg State School opened on 4 July 1955; it closed on 1999.[9][10] It was at 45-63 Delpratt Street (20.2708°S 147.2952°E / -20.2708; 147.2952 (Dalbeg State School (former))).[11][12]

Dalbeg was once home to the North Queensland Soaring Centre (then the Burdekin Soaring Club).

In the 2016 census, the locality of Dalbeg had a population of 76 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Dalbeg. The nearest government primary school is Millaroo State School in neighbouring Millaroo to the north. There are no government secondary schools nearby; the options are distance education or boarding school.[12]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dalbeg (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Dalbeg – town in Shire of Burdekin (entry 9210)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. "Dalbeg – locality in Shire of Burdekin (entry 42973)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. Dann, Jeffrey Michael (2010), Modernisation of an existing irrigation area, pp. 2, 9, archived from the original on 29 April 2022, retrieved 28 April 2022
  5. "Dalbeg Proclaimed Irrigation Area". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Vol. LXXIV. Queensland, Australia. 2 July 1954. p. 2. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "The Townsville Daily Bulletin SATURDAY. JULY 3, 1954". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Vol. LXXIV. Queensland, Australia. 3 July 1954. p. 2. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "STEEL HUTS FOR IRRIGATION AREAS". The Central Queensland Herald. Vol. 22, no. 1305. Queensland, Australia. 10 February 1955. p. 31. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  9. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  10. "Queensland state school – centre closures" (PDF). Queensland Government. 20 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  11. Queensland. Department of Mapping and Surveying (1976), Queensland 1:25 000 series cadastral map. 8357 II NW, Dalbeg (Standard ed.), Dept. of Mapping and Surveying, archived from the original on 29 April 2022, retrieved 28 April 2022
  12. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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