29-524: Download coordinates as: Dayboro is a rural town and locality in the City of Moreton Bay , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the locality of Dayboro had a population of 2,376 people. Dayboro is approximately 46 kilometres (29 mi) north-northwest of Brisbane , the state capital. To the north of Dayboro lies the D'Aguilar Range and the mountain township of Mount Mee . Other nearby towns include Petrie and Samford . The land surrounding
58-562: A large sawmill, public hall, etc., and a community ever ready to co-operate in the advancement of their district". In 1917, however, as the Postmaster General declared that Terrors Creek sounded too much like Torrens Creek, once again, the township acquired a new name. Although the first known inhabitant, John McKenzie, operated a pit sawmill just south of the townsite from 1866, the third and final name selected for Dayboro honours another notable early settler, William Henry Day. Day
87-656: A need to provide a railway to Newmarket. With financial guarantees provided by the Windsor Shire Council and the Enoggera Divisional Board , the Queensland Railways built a branch line from Mayne railway station ( Bowen Hills ) to Newmarket railway station to service the cattle yards and beyond to Enoggera railway station for suburban passenger services. This line opened on 5 February 1899. The suburban service to Enoggera
116-605: A sawmill around 1900 and the Silverwood Butter Factory in 1903. Terrors Creek Presbyterian church was built in 1900. In 1977, it participated in the amalgamation that created the Uniting Church in Australia and became Dayboro Uniting Church. On 20 November 2016, the church celebrated its 115th anniversary. Mayfield State School opened on 1910 and closed circa 1936. In 1915, in an article urging
145-530: Is Queensland's worst rail tragedy, the Camp Mountain train disaster . The line was duplicated to Mitchelton in 1953, and the first automatic level crossing boom gates in Queensland were installed at Wilston Road, Newmarket in 1954. The line was closed beyond Ferny Grove after 30 June 1955 after the freight traffic was lost to road transport. Ferny Grove was initially known as Ferny Flats, but
174-449: Is at 135 McKenzie Street. St Aidan's Anglican Church is at 46-48 McKenzie Street ( 27°11′42″S 152°49′16″E / 27.1950°S 152.8212°E / -27.1950; 152.8212 ( St Aidan's Anglican Church ) ). Dayboro Uniting Church is at 22 Williams Street ( 27°11′47″S 152°49′27″E / 27.1965°S 152.8242°E / -27.1965; 152.8242 ( Dayboro Uniting Church ) ). It
203-772: Is part of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network . Based on initial surveys, in 1885 the Queensland Government planned to construct a railway line to Samford with the intention of extending it to Gympie . However, no immediate action was taken and further surveys resulted in the decision to construct the line to Gympie via the Mayne railway station ( Bowen Hills ) which created the North Coast railway line . The relocation of Brisbane's cattle sales yard from Normanby to Newmarket created
232-766: Is part of the Moreton Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia . The Dayboro Cemetery is located at the junction of McKenzie Street, Riverview Court and Laceys Creek Road, Dayboro ( 27°11′28″S 152°48′46″E / 27.1910°S 152.8127°E / -27.1910; 152.8127 ( Dayboro Cemetery ) ). The Dayboro War Memorial Grounds at Don Kerr Memorial Drive have facilities for various associations and sporting clubs ( 27°11′19″S 152°49′35″E / 27.1887°S 152.8263°E / -27.1887; 152.8263 ( Dayboro Showgrounds ) ). The Dayboro Rodeo and Dayboro Show usually occur between May and July every year, at
261-500: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Ferny Grove railway line The Ferny Grove railway line is a 13-kilometre (8 mi) suburban railway line in Brisbane , the state capital of Queensland , Australia . It
290-580: The Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
319-512: The Ferny Grove Line is four trains per hour (every 15 minutes) on weekdays and two trains per hour (every 30 minutes) at night and on weekends, increasing to 8 trains per hour (every 7.5 minutes) during weekday peak times for faster travel times for commuters working in the Brisbane central business district . Most services stop at all stations to Roma Street railway station . The typical travel time between Ferny Grove and Brisbane City
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#1732801843672348-788: The Showgrounds which are within the Dayboro War Memorial Grounds at 3512 Mount Mee Rd. The Dayboro Day Festival is held every year on the last Sunday in May. It was first held in 1991, and now over 20,000 visitors attend annually, attracted by the entertainment, demonstrations and market stalls in Williams St (the main street of Dayboro), as well as the Antique & Collectables Fair at the Showgrounds. The Dayboro District Progress Association Inc organises and sponsors
377-464: The Terrors Creek area. Timber, maize, vegetables and dairy products provided the main income for the settlers. The failure of Day's sugar growing experiment within a few years brought about the gradual breaking up of his large land holdings and facilitated the further development of the area. A store and hotel, the nucleus of the town, were established in the early 1890s and these were followed by
406-600: The creek on which it is situated. The creek and the adjoining area, which became known as Terrors Paddock, derived their names from a grey Arab stallion, Terah, owned in the 1850s by Captain John Griffin of the Whiteside run. St Francis Xavier's Catholic Church opened on 11 September 1898. Settlement subsequently spread north and south along the North Pine River as more than 100 people took up selections in
435-523: The event. Dayboro Country Markets are held on the first Sunday of every month (except January). Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of
464-417: The extension of the railway from Enoggera to Terror's Creek, the township was described as "being set prettily on a hillside, and being the centre of miles of agricultural, dairying and fruit lands". According to the article [Australian Pastoralist, Grazing Farmers' and Selectors' Gazette, September 1915, Supplement, pp. 2–3], there was "an up-to-date butter factory, bank, several stores, an excellent hotel,
493-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
522-462: The increased access to the area by road traffic. The remaining line is now known as the Ferny Grove railway line and operates passenger services within the City of Brisbane . Remnants of the railway line can still be found throughout Dayboro and surrounding districts, including former railway bridges over the North Pine River, and cuttings along Strong Road. Railway pits were once located between
551-740: The local swimming pool and sawmill (now the Old Mill Animal Hospital). St Aidan's Anglican Church was officially opened on Sunday 6 April 1930 by Archbishop Gerald Sharp . In the 2011 census , the locality of Dayboro had a population of 1,692 people, 51.7% female and 48.3% male. The median age of the Dayboro population was 37 years, the same as the national median. 82.4% of people living in Dayboro were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 8.4%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 0.8%, Netherlands 0.8%, Germany 0.5%. 96.2% of people spoke only English at home;
580-543: The next most common languages were 1.1% Dutch, 0.4% German, 0.4% Swedish, 0.2% Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole). In the 2016 census , the locality of Dayboro had a population of 2,119 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of Dayboro had a population of 2,376 people. Dayboro State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 58 McKenzie Street ( 27°11′39″S 152°49′13″E / 27.1941°S 152.8203°E / -27.1941; 152.8203 ( Dayboro State School ) ). In 2018,
609-608: The past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and
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#1732801843672638-475: The railway department changed the name of the railway station because of a Ferny Flats in New South Wales ; the surrounding area followed suit. Between 2008 and 2012 the remaining single track section between Mitchelton and Ferny Grove was duplicated, including an upgraded Ferny Grove station, an additional 1000 car parking spaces and construction of a new bus interchange. Typical service frequency on
667-763: The school had an enrolment of 369 students with 28 teachers (22 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. The Moreton Bay City Council operates a mobile library service which visits the Hay Cottage on William Street. The Dayboro branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Moreton Bay City Council Building in Williams Street. St Francis Xavier's Catholic Church
696-585: The term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in
725-528: The town supports avocado and pineapple plantations, as well as dairy cattle. Garumngar (also known as Dalla, Garumga. See also Wakka Wakka related languages/dialects) is a language of the Upper Brisbane River catchment. The Garumngar language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Ipswich , Brisbane , Somerset and Moreton Bay councils, particularly
754-413: The towns of Dayboro and Esk extending east towards Moggill . Terror's Creek Provisional School opened on 18 May 1874. On 1 May 1890 it became Terror's Creek State School. It was renamed Dayboro State School in 1917. Dayboro was first known as Hamilton, having been so named after a farmer, Hugh Hamilton, who was appointed Receiving Officer for mail in 1875. In 1892, it became known as Terrors Creek from
783-706: Was Clerk of Petty Sessions and later Police Magistrate in Brisbane. He first selected land in the Dayboro area in the late 1860s and pioneered sugar growing on his extensive properties in the district. On 25 September 1920, the Dayboro railway line was opened, running through Samford from Ferny Grove . There were a number of stations servicing the line, including at Kobble Creek , Samsonvale , and Samford . The line serviced Dayboro and surrounding areas for 35 years, continuing to operate until 1 July 1955 when it closed beyond Ferny Grove due to declining traffic, largely from
812-465: Was extended to Samford railway station on 1 July 1918, to Samsonvale railway station (3 March 1919), to Kobble railway station (3 November 1919) and finally to Dayboro railway station on 25 September 1920. The additional traffic on the line led to its duplication to Newmarket in 1921. The sales yards were moved to Cannon Hill in 1931. On 5 May 1947, a packed excursion train derailed at Camp Mountain , after Ferny Grove railway station , in what
841-584: Was not very profitable and the Queensland Government resisted any efforts to extend the Brisbane tramway services to Enoggera to avoid further competition. With the financial assistance of the Australian Defence Department, the line was extended to Rifle Range railway station (now called Gaythorne railway station ) on 16 February 1916. The line was extended to Mitchelton railway station on 2 March 1918. The line
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