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Dalby (/ˈdɒlbi/) is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Dalby had a population of 12,758 people.
It is on the Darling Downs and is the administrative centre for the Western Downs Region.
Dalby is approximately 82.3 kilometres (51.1 miles) west of Toowoomba, 208 kilometres (129 mi) west northwest of the state capital, Brisbane, 269 kilometres (167 miles) east southeast of Roma and 535 kilometres (332 miles) east southeast of Charleville at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. State Route 82 also passes through Dalby. It enters from the north as Dalby–Jandowae Road and exits to the south as Dalby–Cecil Plains Road. Dalby–Cooyar Road exits to the east.
Dalby is the centre of Australia's richest grain and cotton growing area.
Mocattas Corner is a neighbourhood on the eastern boundary of the locality with Irvingdale (27°07′00″S 151°22′00″E / 27.1166°S 151.3666°E). It takes its name from the former Mocattas Corner railway station (27°06′57″S 151°21′46″E / 27.1159°S 151.3629°E), which in turn was named after George Gershon Mocatta, a pastoralist who took up the Cumkillenbar pastoral run in August 1849.
The Western railway line passes through Dalby with a number of railway stations serving the locality:
The Glenmorgan railway line branches from the Western railway line just west of the Dalby railway station with the following railway stations within the locality of Dalby":
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Dalby (/ˈdɒlbi/) is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Dalby had a population of 12,758 people.
It is on the Darling Downs and is the administrative centre for the Western Downs Region.
Dalby is approximately 82.3 kilometres (51.1 miles) west of Toowoomba, 208 kilometres (129 mi) west northwest of the state capital, Brisbane, 269 kilometres (167 miles) east southeast of Roma and 535 kilometres (332 miles) east southeast of Charleville at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. State Route 82 also passes through Dalby. It enters from the north as Dalby–Jandowae Road and exits to the south as Dalby–Cecil Plains Road. Dalby–Cooyar Road exits to the east.
Dalby is the centre of Australia's richest grain and cotton growing area.
Mocattas Corner is a neighbourhood on the eastern boundary of the locality with Irvingdale (27°07′00″S 151°22′00″E / 27.1166°S 151.3666°E). It takes its name from the former Mocattas Corner railway station (27°06′57″S 151°21′46″E / 27.1159°S 151.3629°E), which in turn was named after George Gershon Mocatta, a pastoralist who took up the Cumkillenbar pastoral run in August 1849.
The Western railway line passes through Dalby with a number of railway stations serving the locality:
The Glenmorgan railway line branches from the Western railway line just west of the Dalby railway station with the following railway stations within the locality of Dalby":
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