Banyo is a suburb of northern Brisbane surrounded by Northgate, Virginia and Nudgee. It is approximately 11 kms north of the CBD and is easily accessible on the Shorncliffe citytrain line, many bus services, the Gateway Motorway or Sandgate Road. Although Banyo was originally settled as early as 1849, it wasn't until 1897 that the suburb was officially named by Commissioner of Railways, James Robert Dixon. Before that time, the area was known as 'Clapham Junction' ('Clapham' was apparently a local name in common use); however, according to the Queensland State Library's Brian Randall, James Dixon was seeking a name related to the establishment of the local railway station, and he selected the Aboriginal word 'banyo,' which means 'a small hill or mountain' or 'a ridge.'
(The 'hill' or 'ridge' Banyo was named after no longer exists in its original form - it was extensively quarried for the construction of Eagle Farm Airport by the US Army during WW2).
It is a community split between residential and industrial land usage, the latter being attracted by the accessibility of local transport, including the railway, motorway and airport. However, it is often looked down upon by its neighbours as a lower class, rundown area; emphasising the industrial aspect and noting it as a natural place for the Aussie Yobbo to reside.
Yobbo is a slang term for an uncouth or thuggish working-class person. An Australian lout, it is somewhat similar to the American red-neck, although there are some differences. Yobbo habitats are usually outer suburbia, and male yobbos normally reside with female yobbos, known as Sheilas, and large canines often looking like a bull terrier but mostly of no discernible breed. Typically a yobbo has automated transport of a ute kind, or a 1970’s dated vehicle such as a Datsun or Torana.
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A Night out for any Yobbo often ends in a drunken fight, usually against his mates, followed by a forced and violent removal from whatever establishment he had found himself in. Cultural entertainment would have consisted of drinking from a glass rather than the usual bottle or can, and watching the races or the footy on a flat-screen tele above the bar. The Yobbo dance looks exactly like a bee swerving randomly around, left and right, back and forwards as the Yobbo attempts to navigate his way from table to bar to dunny and back again, without spilling a drop of his beer.