Dallarnil is a rural town and

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in the

North Burnett Region The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ear ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , Dallarnil had a population of 230 people. The neighbourhood of Stanton is within the locality ().

History

The town takes its name from the railway station name on the

Isis railway line The Isis Branch Railway Line was a narrow gauge railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was approved for construction by the Parliament of Queensland in September 1885. The North Coast line north from Brisbane, reached Maryborough in Augus ...

, assigned by the

Queensland Railways Department Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...

on 2 September 1911. The railway station name was derived from the name of a pastoral run name, and is a corruption of an Aboriginal word, "''conalaman''" meaning ''big hill''. Stanton takes its name from the railway station name on the Isis railway line assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 16 July 1914, which in turn takes its name from the pastoral run Stanton Harcourt named in 1854. In 1887, of land were resumed from the Stanton Harcourt pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms on 17 April 1887. In October 1912, 20 allotments of the Dallarnil Township were advertised to be auctioned by Charles White of

Biggenden Biggenden is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Biggenden had a population of 845 people. Geography Biggenden is on the Isis Highway north-west of the state capital Brisbane, and west of M ...

. A map advertising the auction states the allotments were immediately opposite the railway station with the railway line to terminus nearing completion. In the , Dallarnil had a population of 230 people.

Education

Dallarnil State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 3 Main Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 25 students with 5 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Dallarnil. The nearest secondary schools are in

(to Year 10) and Childers (to Year 12).

Heritage listings

Dallarnil has a number of

heritage-listed This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...

sites, including: * Isis Highway: Dallarnil Cemetery * Isis Highway: Dallarnil Hall and Sports Grounds

References

External links

Town map of Dallarnil, 1981
Towns in Queensland North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland {{WideBayBurnett-geo-stub