Dayboro

History

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 the towns of Dayboro and Esk extending east towards Moggill. 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 the creek on which it is situated. 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. 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 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 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 in 1910 and closed circa 1936. He first selected land in the Dayboro area in the late 1860s and pioneered sugar growing…

Geography

Dayboro is approximately 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 the town supports avocado and pineapple plantations, as well as dairy cattle.

Most-observed species

• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  9,332
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  8,916
• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  8,477
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  7,662
• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  6,725
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  6,721
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  6,514
• Gray Fantail

  Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, 1840 · Aves
  6,485