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Dalby 〔''Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-876429-14-3〕 is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately north northwest of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Western Downs Region and the centre of Australia's richest grain and cotton growing area.〔 At the 2011 census, Dalby had a population of 12,299. The name of the town is believed to come from the village of Dalby on the Isle of Man and reflects immigration from the Isle of Man in the mid-19th century.〔(Dalby Town Council:Birth and beginnings ) Official website. Retrieved 27 October 2006.〕 The name was apparently chosen by Captain Samuel Perry when he surveyed the settlement in 1853. Dalby was linked by rail to Ipswich on 20 April 1868.〔Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, June 1959 pp91-96〕 ==History== Dalby was founded in the early 1840s at a place known locally as "The Crossing" on Myall Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River. The first settler was Henry Dennis, who explored the region and chose land for himself and others in the locality.〔 Today an obelisk in Edward Street denotes the location where Dennis camped.〔 A small settlement was founded to assist travellers heading north to nearby Jimbour Station. The explorer Ludwig Leichhardt visited the area in 1844, on his way to Port Essington.〔John and Anne Healy of Dalby, Family Record and Story (Feb 2005)〕 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, Mr Charles Douglas Eastaughffe arrived with a document under the Seal of the NSW Government officially proclaiming 'Dalby' a township. Mr Eastaughffe was later appointed Chief Constable and remained in Dalby until his retirement.〔(CDE )〕 Myall Creek Post Office also opened in 1854 in Roche's store, with Mr Simpson as the first postmaster. It was renamed Dalby in 1855. 〔 In 1859, Dalby was made part of the new state of Queensland. In August 1863 Dalby was officially proclaimed a municipality in the Government Gazette, and was invested with all the trappings of the Westminster System. From 1873 to 1949 the electoral district of Dalby was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Dalby War Memorial was unveiled by the Queensland Governor, Matthew Nathan, on 26 July 1922.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/multiple/display/91280-dalby-war-memorial )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dalby, Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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