Download coordinates as: Degilbo is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.

It is believed to be an Aboriginal word dackeel bo meaning sharp or upright stones.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

With only 11 students enrolled as at November 2007, the school was mothballed on 31 December 2007 before final closure on 5 June 2008.

[9] It was at 33 Cheese Factory Road (25°26′15″S 152°00′09″E / 25.4376°S 152.0024°E / -25.4376; 152.0024 (Mount Appallan State School (former))).