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When Jimbour Was A Great Station
Historic Old Homestead
No history of Dalby would be complete without more than passing reference to Jimbour, which was a station before there was any settlement on the Downs. It was from Jimbour that Leichardt organised, and thence led forth his first and second expeditions.
In 1840 Richard Scougall sent his trusted superintendent (Henry Dennis) to seek out new country, as his property on the Liverpool Plains was overstocked. In due time Dennis arrived at the northern portion of the Darling Downs and secured Jimbour for Scougall.
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The first hut built on the Darling Downs was at Jimbour, and the first stock to depasture were Richard Scougall’s. The first sheep to be shorn were at Jimbour, and the first wool to cross the Toowoomba main range was wool belonging to Scougall.
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The Dalby Herald, 7 October 1938
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