The Dalby Family History Society Inc. promotes family and local history of Dalby and its surrounding districts in Queensland, Australia. Dalby is situated approx. 200klms west of Brisbane.

The Society formed in 1981, holds a book collection of local history records of school, church, district and families and the Dalby Herald newspapers on microfilm from 1866.

The district covers the places of Bell, Blaxland, Bowenville, Brigalow, Broadwater, Bunya Mountains, Burncluith, Campbell’s Camp, Cecil Plains, Chinchilla, Cooranga North, Ducklo, Daandine, Edgefield, Irvingdale, Jandowae, Jimbour, Jingi Jingi, Kaimkillenbun, Kogan, Kupunn, Macalister, Maclagan, Maida Hill, Malakoff, Moola, Nandi, St Ruth, Tara, Tipton, Warra and Yamsion.

The area was first called ‘Myall Creek’, then ‘The Crossing”, the place where teamsters crossed the creek heading north and west. Dalby was the railway terminus from Ipswich in 1868 and remained so for a few years .

Dalby was a pastoralist town at first, then dairying, followed by agriculture and now the mining industry has arrived with agriculture still prominent in the area.

Holdings include:

• All films of surviving issues of the Dalby Herald 1866-2008
• Darling Downs Gazette Newspaper 1858-1922
• Local and School Histories of Dalby and District
• Electoral Rolls local and other areas
• Cemetery Records local and other areas
• Family Histories
• Issues of the Dalby Herald 2009 – current
• Issues of the ’Northern Downs News 2004 – 2012’
• Dalby Town and District Maps from 1853
• Local Maps of former Wambo Shire

The Resource Library is open Saturday from 12 noon to 4 pm.

Postal Address:
PO Box 962 DALBY Qld 4405