30-501: Download coordinates as: Kobble Creek is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Kobble Creek had a population of 654 people. Kobble Creek is situated along Mount Samson Road to the south of Dayboro , approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of the Brisbane central business district . The south-eastern boundary of the locality
60-485: 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
90-528: Is Bray Park State High School in Bray Park to the east. 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
120-519: 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 . Terror's Creek Provisional School opened on 18 May 1874. On 1 May 1890 it became Terror's Creek State School. It
150-453: 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
180-458: Is derived from the Waka language , Garumngar dialect, word kabul meaning carpet snake . The western part of the locality is mountainous and within the D'Aguilar National Park which extends further west into a number of other localities. The land use in the eastern part of the locality is a mixture of rural residential housing, grazing on native vegetation and some crop growing. The locality
210-479: Is named after the creek Kobble Creek that forms part of the catchment area of Lake Samsonvale , which supplies drinking water to north Brisbane and the Moreton Bay Region. Kobble Creek was, in years gone by, predominantly a dairy farming community with some banana and pineapple farming on surrounding hillsides. As a farming community, Kobble Creek supported a butter factory, primary school, and railway station,
240-871: 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
270-581: Is sometimes written as Cobble Creek State School. It closed in 1954. It was at 14 Greensill Lane ( 27°15′05″S 152°50′32″E / 27.25135°S 152.84234°E / -27.25135; 152.84234 ( Kobble Creek State School (former) ) ). In 1919, the Dayboro railway line reached Kobble Creek with the Kobble railway station opening on 3 November 1919; the line reached its terminus at Dayboro railway station on 25 September 1920. Kobble Creek
300-417: 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. Dayboro, Queensland Download coordinates as: Dayboro is a rural town and locality in the City of Moreton Bay , Queensland , Australia. In
330-470: Is the Mount Samson Range ( 27°17′07″S 152°48′45″E / 27.2853°S 152.8126°E / -27.2853; 152.8126 ( Mount Samson Range ) ). The range includes Mount Kobble ( 27°16′34″S 152°49′33″E / 27.2761°S 152.8258°E / -27.2761; 152.8258 ( Mount Kobble ) ) at a height of 384 metres (1,260 ft). The name Kobble
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#1733086061834360-526: 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 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)
390-572: 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
420-445: 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 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
450-635: 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 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
480-756: 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
510-504: 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, 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,
540-408: 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
570-438: 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
600-457: 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
630-487: The latter two located near the site of the current Samsonvale Rural Fire Brigade. Following the forced resumption of much of the best farming land in the district to build the North Pine Dam and flood Lake Samsonvale , today the district is predominantly a rural-dormitory zone with very limited farming undertaken. Kobble Creek Provisional School opened circa 1881. On 1 January 1909, it became Kobble Creek State School. It
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#1733086061834660-727: 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;
690-561: The next most common languages were 0.6% German, and 0.6% American Languages. In the 2016 census , Kobble Creek had a population of 632 people. In the 2021 census , Kobble Creek had a population of 654 people. There are no schools in Kobble Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Dayboro State School in Dayboro to the north and Mount Samson State School in Mount Samson to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school
720-548: 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,
750-586: 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
780-731: 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
810-575: 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
840-495: 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 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
870-700: Was officially named and bounded as a locality in June 2009, but was formerly part of the Samsonvale district. In the 2011 census , the population of Kobble Creek was 499, 48.7% female and 51.3% male. The median age of the Kobble Creek population was 39 years of age, two years above the Australian average. 77.8% of people living in Kobble Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 3.4%, South Africa 0.8%, Canada 0.6%, Cyprus 0.6%. 92.6% of people spoke only English at home;
900-406: 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 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
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