Theodore
Theodore, a rural town on the Dawson River, is 84 km from Biloela, 220 km west of Bundaberg and 559 km from Brisbane. It is named after Edward 'Red Ted' Theodore, Premier of Queensland 1919-25, although it was originally named Castle Creek, after one of the two streams running through it.
Annual report of the Commissioner/Irrigation and Water Supply Commission, Queensland Government Printer, 1923
The Dawson Valley Irrigation Scheme and what it offers to settlers, Brisbane, Irrigation and Water Supply Commission, 1926
R.S. Medew, Dawsonia: a story of the Dawson Valley Irrigation Scheme, Yeppoon, 1965
Betty Perry, Two valleys - one destiny: a history of Banana, 'shire of opportunity', Biloela, Banana Shire Council, 2005
'Water conservation in Queensland', Queensland Agricultural Journal, December 1923, p. 461
