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DescriptionThe return of soldiers in 1919, after the first World War, saw the beginnings of the village of Mt Nebo, from the 1921 soldier settlement subdivision "The Highlands".
It was hoped for the new settlement to become a thriving farming community, marketing its produce to Brisbane, via the Samford Valley, through the villages of Highvale and Samford. What was lacking was an access road to the valley.
From the humble beginnings of a bullocky's track descending at Dwyers Lookout, was constructed a narrow road to Highvale. It was built over the years 1919 and 1920, using hand tools, dynamite, and the labour of the returned soldier settlers themselves, either in a voluntary capacity or in the employment of the Public Roads Department.
Settlers tried their various fortunes with market gardening, bananas and dairying. By 1924, the settlement was beginning to grow in population and develop into a community.
Local produce was carted to Highvale from both The Highlands and Mt Glorious. The road link between the communities having been forged between 1922 and 1926. Mick Dwyer was one of the first Mt Nebo locals to set up a regular cartage business to Highvale. His family were some of the original settlers, after whom Dwyer's Lookout was named.
Timber was hauled by bullock teams, spring cart or horse drawn wagon from Mt Glorious via the road to Highvale and on to mills in Brisbane by road or rail, from Samford.
The road became a vital lifeline for the mountain settlements, enabling not only the cartage of produce to market, and the bringing back of provisions for both settlements, but also easy access to social occasions in the valley for the otherwise isolated communities.
It was hoped for the new settlement to become a thriving farming community, marketing its produce to Brisbane, via the Samford Valley, through the villages of Highvale and Samford. What was lacking was an access road to the valley.
From the humble beginnings of a bullocky's track descending at Dwyers Lookout, was constructed a narrow road to Highvale. It was built over the years 1919 and 1920, using hand tools, dynamite, and the labour of the returned soldier settlers themselves, either in a voluntary capacity or in the employment of the Public Roads Department.
Settlers tried their various fortunes with market gardening, bananas and dairying. By 1924, the settlement was beginning to grow in population and develop into a community.
Local produce was carted to Highvale from both The Highlands and Mt Glorious. The road link between the communities having been forged between 1922 and 1926. Mick Dwyer was one of the first Mt Nebo locals to set up a regular cartage business to Highvale. His family were some of the original settlers, after whom Dwyer's Lookout was named.
Timber was hauled by bullock teams, spring cart or horse drawn wagon from Mt Glorious via the road to Highvale and on to mills in Brisbane by road or rail, from Samford.
The road became a vital lifeline for the mountain settlements, enabling not only the cartage of produce to market, and the bringing back of provisions for both settlements, but also easy access to social occasions in the valley for the otherwise isolated communities.
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Mt. Nebo (Qld.). Moreton Bay Our Story, accessed 25/06/2025, https://ourstory.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/3115
