Daisy Hill lies to the north of the Pacific Motorway where urban subdivisions nestle into the hills of the Daisy Hill State Forest. The earliest European settlers in the area were the Dennis family. James and Mary-Anne Dennis selected 60 acres in 1868 and by 1882, had over 800 acres. The property now known as Daisy Hill was part of Denni's Oakey Mountain Estate. This was later farmed by Jame's grandson, Alf Shailer. It is thought that the daughters of the Dennis family named the area because of the daisies that grew on the hill.
Other important early settlers were the Usher family who owned the land in the vicinity of Usher Park which was dedicated in 1977. The Ushers first settled in the area in the mid-1880's and called the property Norwich Vineyard. They grew grapes and Thomas Usher produced wine for sale. He also kept bees and grew many
varieties of fruit. The Winnett family came to Australia on the same ship as the Ushers and moved to Slacks Creek a few years later. Elizabeth Winnett was teaching at the Slacks Creek School from the late 1890's through until about 1912. George Winnett was secretary at the Kingston Butter Factory from 1920 until the late 1930's. During the 1920's quite a little community had developed in Daisy Hill with Tom Harri's butcher, Fred Mollinhauser's blacksmith shop, Williiam Howcroft the plumber and Watt's timber hauling business supported mostly by farmers and fruit growers. By 1925 Syd Floate had taken over the butchery and his wife was the post mistress. More timber getters had moved into the district by this time including Charles Ford, Alex Mullins and Alf Harrison.
The Daisy Hill State Forest was originally gazetted as a timber reserve in 1874 and in 1917 was declared a state forest. The forest was also used for honey production, gold mining and grazing. The goldmine was started in 1934 with a shaft of 425 feet sunk along the southern boundary of the forest. In 1986 it was declared the first State Forest Park in Queensland.
