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
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)
LGA(s)Shire of Burdekin
State electorate(s)Burdekin
Federal Division(s)Dawson, Kennedy
Localities around Dalbeg:
Swans Lagoon Millaroo Bogie
Eight Mile Creek Dalbeg Bogie
Eight Mile Creek Bogie Bogie

Geography

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

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]

Dalbeg Post Office opened on 1 December 1956 and closed in 1971.[4]

Dalbeg State School opened on 4 July 1955; it closed on 1999.[5]

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

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. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0


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