Dalbeg
Located around seventy-eight kilometres south-southwest of Ayr and one hundred and twenty-three kilometres south-southeast of Townsville on Bindal country in the Burdekin Shire, the sugarcane growing locality of Dalbeg was known as Akala until Queensland's Surveyor General renamed it after a pastoral run taken up by James Hall Scott in May 1863.
Early settlers in the North travelling between the Gulf region (The Plains of Promise) via Expedition Pass forded the Burdekin River at Akala/Dalbeg en route to Strathalbyn Station.
An irrigation scheme was established in the early 1950s to provide irrigated blocks for soldier settlers at Dalbeg, Millaroo, and Clare. The scheme was initially intended to grow tobacco, but issues with disease, storm damage, and leaf quality saw it diversify into sugar, maize, vegetables, and rice.
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Akala
James Hall Scott
Gulf region
The Plains of Promise
Expedition Pass
Strathalbyn Station.
