Nov2013_DAYBORO DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
Est. 2004
DAYBORO HERITAGE TRAIL
Marker 9 – Dayboro State School & Soldiers’ Monument
The third school in the Dayboro district was opened on this site on 25 June 1920. By 1922 attendance had increased from 60 to 109 and a new wing with shady verandahs was completed in 1924. These original 1920s buildings still form part of the school complex.
In 1920 a monument to soldiers who fought in World War One was unveiled in the school grounds. The cenotaph was relocated to Roderick A. Cruice Park in 2011.
The first school, Terrors Creek Provisional School No. 191, was opened on 18 May 1874 in a barn on Haagen Raaen’s property which was situated on what is now Strong Road off Mt. Samson Road. 16 children attended on the first day with enrolments increasing to 27 by the end of the year. The first name on the roll is Annie Bond, aged 13. There were also children from the McKenzie, Hamilton, Cruice, Rohlf and Farrow families, descendants of whom are still in the Dayboro district, as well as children from a number of other families who later left the district. An inspection report of 17th August 1876 states:
The school-room is a slab building with a not very sound bark roof, but sufficiently commodious and very fairly furnished for a school of this class…
In November, 1876, Haagen Raaen gave the committee three months’ notice to quit as he would be requiring the barn for farming purposes.
During 1877, a neat and substantial school room was built on land donated by William Henry Day, being part of Portion 15 Parish of Samsonvale, located near what is now Briscoe Road. A school residence was built at a later date. This school became known as “Hellhole School” a name given by the bullockies to the nearby North Pine River crossing [near today’s John McKenzie Bridge].
This school fell into a state of disrepair and it was decided to relocate the school to a more central location in Dayboro township. A new school building was constructed and the residence and playshed were moved from the “Hellhole School” to the new school site on “Heathwood’s Hill”.
Brisbane Courier 30th May 1917 UPPER NORTH PINE
The Progress Association at a meeting on Saturday night decided to take steps to erect a monument in honour of the boys who have gone to the front.”
Brisbane Courier 19th November 1920 DAYBORO
Memorial to Soldiers: The Dayboro and District honour monument to soldiers who fought in the Great War was unveiled on Saturday afternoon by Mr. R.J. Warren M.L.A. in the presence of a large assemblage of residents. The monument is erected in the State School grounds on an elevated site overlooking the town, stands about 14ft high and bears the names of 49 men, 15 of whom made the supreme sacrifice.
RAYNBIRD FAMILY RESEARCH DAY:
Friday 15th November at “Dayboro Cottage” commencing at 9.30am. RSVP Monday 11th November.
OTHER FAMILY RESEARCH:
Over recent times we have had visits from descendants of some of our early pioneering families as well as descendants of people employed at the Butter factory. We have been given some good information and some wonderful photographs that we have not previously seen.
Carmel Bond, President – Ph: 3425 1717 (h) or 3425 2032 (Dayboro Cottage)
