DAYBOROLions Club
District 201-Q3
Queensland Australia
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DAYBORO'S HISTORY - "THE TOWN OF YESTERYEAR'
Located only 45 minutes North West of Brisbane  City you can enjoy some of
the best views in South East Queensland looking towards Mt Mee, Moreton Bay,
Brisbane and the Glasshouse Mountains and experience the friendly
hospitality of the Locals, B&Bs and farmstays.
Dayboro was first known as Hamilton, after Hugh Hamilton, who was appointed as
Receiving Officer for Mail in 1875. His farm was known as Hamilton's but the
name was later shortened to Hamilton.
In 1892 the township and Post Office became known as Terrors Creek, being named
after an Arab stallion, Terah (who had a penchant for chasing certain people he
did not like), owned by Captain Griffin of Whiteside Station, and the creek on
which the township stood.
On May 24th,1917, the name was changed to its current name of Dayboro because
the Postmaster-General declared that Terror's Creek sounded too much like
Torrens Creek and once again the township acquired a new name, derived from
another identity of the area, William Henry Day, who was Clerk of Petty Sessions
and then Police Magistrate in Brisbane. He selected land in the area in the late
1860's and established a sugar plantation and mill on the site of the current
town using Kanaka labour.
In the 1890's, moves had started to get a rail link to the
area and finally work began in May 1915. The railway eventually came from
Enoggera via Samford to Dayboro, being opened on 25th September 1920.
Unfortunately, the line closed on 1st July 1955 due to the declining dairy and
banana industry and the switch to trucks for transport, meaning the railway had
become uneconomic.
Dairying was the main industry in the district since the land was first opened
for selection in 1868 but has declined dramatically over recent years although
there are still a few dairies in the area. Maize, potatoes and other vegetables
also supplemented the income of the early pioneers. The Silverwood Dairy Factory
opened in 1903. in 1916, the farmers formed a cooperative association and bought
out Denham & Reid and by the mid 1920's had established a very lucrative trade
in unsalted butter with the London market. Refrigeration and improved transport
made the need of the factory as a depot for bulk milk unnecessary, and the
factory finally closed on 30th June 1965 with milk being sent direct from the
farms to Brisbane. The transport of milk is now undertaken by bulk milk tankers.
Timber-getting was a flourishing industry from the late
1860's for many years, assisted by the 1887 opening of the North Coast Rail Line
and later the Enoggera-Dayboro line in 1920, there being millions of feet of
timber in the mountains beyond Dayboro. A number of sawmills operated in the
area.
Bananas had been grown in the area since the early 1900's and
by the 1930's banana plantations dotted the hillsides. In the early 1930's this
area was the main producer for the Brisbane markets. Unfortunately, I 1930 a
disastrous bushfire totally destroyed the Mt Pleasant and Mt Mee banana
settlement plantations. Flying foxes also did much damage. Banana-growing became
unprofitable with many crop failures and also the importation of bananas from
Fiji in the 1930's, although continued to flourish in the Lacey's Creek area.
The industry steadily declined but continued on a smaller scale until recent
years.
Pineapples have also been grown in the district since the early 1900's and
pineapple plantations can still be seen today.
Many of the buildings in Dayboro date from the First World War, when the area
boomed as a dairying and timber centre, with a further boom in 1936 when
electricity was installed in the town. Many of these buildings in the town are
still identifiable from early photographs.
IN APPRECIATION
 In
recognition of the contribution of the Lions Clubs of Turkey, especially Lion
Dr. Enzar Tore, in providing free web page hosting for Lions Clubs everywhere,
the Lions Club of DAYBORO. MD 201/Q3. proudly
displays the flag of Turkey on our site.
Click on the flag to go to the web site of Lion Dr. Enzar's home club - the
Lions Club of Canakkale.
As an extension to the
Turkish Lions' contribution, the Brisbane Ekibin Lions Club of MD 201 Q1
(Australia) offer assistance to Lions Clubs who want to take advantage of the
Turkish Lions offer, but are not familiar with web publishing. They've already
set up many sites for Lions Clubs world-wide, using Lionwap.
If your club wants to be on the internet, and would like some help, leave a
message in the Ekibin Guest Book by clicking on the image above. This is a
FREE SERVICE, so you don't spend a cent for their work. As Lionwap is also
FREE, this means you get a web site that you NEVER have to pay for. - Is that
a deal or what?
All your Club has to do it have some-one update and maintain your page, which
needs not take more than a few minutes each month. The Ekibin Lions will even
give you some tips on that!
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