Download coordinates as: Dalby (/ˈdɒlbi/)[2] is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

[14] Dalby was founded in the early 1840s at a place known locally as "The Crossing" on Myall Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River.

[5] A small settlement was founded to assist travellers heading north to nearby Jimbour Station.

[16] In February 1853, the New South Wales government sent the Deputy Surveyor General Captain Samuel Perry to the area to survey a township.

In August of the following year, Charles Douglas Eastaughffe arrived with a document under the Seal of the NSW Government officially proclaiming 'Dalby' a township.

Myall Creek Post Office also opened in 1854 in Roche's store, with Mr. Simpson as the first postmaster.

[19] On Sunday 5 August 1866, Bishop James Quinn dedicated St Joseph's Catholic Church.

[25][26] Dalby was believed to have a healthy climate and in October 1900 the Queensland Government opened the Jubilee Sanitorium for consumptive patients.

Medical opinion became increasingly doubtful of the benefits of bathing in mineral waters, favouring drugs and physiotherapy as better treatments.

[40] The Dalby War Memorial was unveiled by the Queensland Governor, Matthew Nathan, on 26 July 1922.

[19][47] Bunya Campus was acquired by Dalby State High School at the start of 2011 and has since provided students who live out of the catchment area the opportunity to attend Dalby State High School and participate in all it has to offer as a boarding student.

[48] St Mary's College was a Catholic secondary school opened on 21 January 1963 by the Christian Brothers.

In 2008, it merged with St Columba's School to create Our Lady of the Southern Cross College.

[53] As part of nationwide restructuring, Target Country closed its store in January 2021 and was replaced by K Hub, which opened in February.

[64] The local area is developing an energy-based economy with a large coal-fired power station and a number of coal mines and natural gas bores being established to the west of Dalby.

A local company has been awarded a contract to establish wind turbines on adjacent farm land.

[citation needed] Approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Dalby is the Kogan Creek Power Station.

This A$1.2 billion project is a 750-megawatt coal-fired power station, with adjacent coal mine being developed at the small town of Kogan, which is roughly equidistant between Dalby, Chinchilla, and Tara.

[67] It has an early learning centre and boarding for secondary students as well as a special education program.

[citation needed] Dalby also has its own community radio station, 89.9 FM 4DDD, which was founded on 26 January 1992.

[77] Dalby receives most commercial and ABC radio and television services from Toowoomba, the nearest regional city.

[citation needed] Water and sewerage treatment services are provided by Western Downs Regional Council.

It has been noted that the town will have a definite water supply for at least another 30 years, taking into account demographic trends.

Western Downs Regional Council operates a public library at 107 Drayton Street.

[82][83] The Springvale Kupunn branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 52 Cunningham Street.

Dalby has a monument to the Cactoblastis cactorum in a park by the Myall Creek which runs through the town.

[5] Dalby has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Köppen climate classification) and being located just to the west of the Great Dividing Range it is hotter and less humid in summer and colder and drier in winter than nearby locations on the other side of the range.

[88] In early March 2013, Dalby received another severe flood, cutting the town in two after 122 mm (4.8 in) of rain was recorded over a few days.

[89] This Wikipedia article incorporates text from PARAGON CAFÉ, DALBY (20 September 2019) published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 15 January 2020.