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Kobble Creek (Qld.)
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DescriptionGarumnga people of the Waka language group were known to be the first settlers of this area. Kitty Delaney, the last Indigenous person of the area who lived at Kobble Creek died in 1922. Last of the Pine Rivers tribe inherited their names after working on the Delaney cattle run. Stone fragments which were probably small stone implement have been discovered at a camp site north-west of the south arm of Kobble Creek on the Battershall’s property. In 1868 with the Crown Lands Act, prime areas around Kobble Creek and Armstrong Creek sprung up with the resulting influx of new settlers, and there was a change in primary industry to establish agriculture, banana growing, pig rearing and dairying. Mr. Gold said “notwithstanding the hard work, plain living, frustration, mental anguish and loneliness of early settlers, they proved capable masters of their environment and circumstances”. Mr. Henry Gold established his land first on portion 26 which stretched between Kobble Creek and Mt. Sampson. Later he expanded to become one of the largest and most prominent families in the area. The Gold home was established near the banks of Kobble Creek-150 metres North West of Samsonville Cemetery in about 1870. It became the Samsonvale Post Office, and then in 1919 the manual telephone exchange until 1950. Electricity came to the district in 1952. Henry saw the district transform in 52 years with the construction of the dam in 1973. The Gold family kept continual occupancy by various members for 80 years. Gold’s Scrub Lane is access to Samsonvale Lake at Kobble Inlet. After the mid 1870’s, settlement continued to spread rapidly and by 1890 all worthwhile land had been occupied. The Deitz family became one of the first of the small settlers to establish themselves on the subdivided cattle run (The Joyners were the original settlers). By the government acquiring much of the land, the district became much smaller. The Joyners were left with 1000 acres of freehold land with the emphasis shifting from cattle raising to dairying and agriculture which consisted of pineapples, sweet potatoes and bananas. Other residents in the Kobble Creek region consisted of English, Scottish, Irish and Germans. Construction of the Samsonvale Dam in 1973 termed the “shadow of death” meant few residents remained in the area. The roads honour early resident-“Hipathite, Kriesch, Fogg, Salisbury, Aitcheson, Dale, Gold, Greensill and Arkell.
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Kobble Creek (Qld.). Moreton Bay Our Story, accessed 27/03/2025, https://ourstory.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/18571
