 According to local sources, Irish immigrants Patrick King and his wife, Mary, acquired a 314 acres (127 Ha) selection along the southern boundary of the "Nambour Cattle Run" in 1881.The property was named 'Burnside' derived from the Gaelic term 'burn' (meaning "creek"), as the selection ran along today's Whalley Creek).The Whalley family (who the creek was named after) arrived in 1884.