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Thursday, 21 February 2008 23:51 |
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 Bullock wagons, the early means of transport to Toowoomba and the Darling Downs, carried wool from the great pioneering stations to the port at Moreton Bay, and brought supplies from the coast to the stations.
Drayton The earliest township in what is now the immediate Toowoomba area was Drayton, a small trading and service settlement, at a gully where the tracks of the early bullock teamsters met. Land at a nearby swamp was surveyed in 1849 as the Drayton Agricultural Reserve.Town blocks between the east and west swamps were surveyed in 1853 and became Toowoomba. Early urban development of Toowoomba was in James Street which carried the traffic from the Toll Bar on the range en route to Drayton and beyond. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 May 2008 10:48 |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 01:07 |
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 Cambooya Shire was created by severance from Clifton Shire on 4 June 1914. Part of Tarampa Shire was added in 1915 and part of Drayton Shire was added in 1949.
In 2004 the Shire included the towns of Cambooya, East Greenmount, Greenmount and Wyreema. It also included the localities of Ascot, Budgee, Felton, Finnie, Hirstglen, Hodgson Vale, Mt Rascal, Nobby, Preston, Ramsay, Top Camp, Vale View, West Haldon and Westbrook. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 14:21 |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 00:06 |
 The Shire of Clifton was originally constituted a Divisional Board by proclamation dated November 11, 1879 under the Divisional Boards Act. The first meeting of the board took place on February 3, 1880.
In 1903, the Clifton Divisional Board was abolished by the Governor-in-Council, and the Clifton Shire Council was created.
Before merging with surrounding local government areas in 2008, the Clifton Shire Area comprised of 865 square kilometres with a population of 2600. The population of Clifton Town was 1070.
The Shire Office is a neatly constructed brick building, which opened in 1940. It was one of the first modern civic building built by local authorities on the Downs.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 14:24 |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 00:21 |
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 How did Crows Nest get its name?
Research has shown several possible alternative origins of the name. With the passing of time, the accuracy of dates and checking of old timers' tales has become difficult, if not impossible, to authenticate.
While acknowledging that some of the other versions may be more accurate, the legend of Jimmy Crow has become the most widely accepted. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 14:27 |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 01:15 |
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 Jondaryan Shire was originally settled by the Giabel people (or "Condamine Men") who managed their grass-dominated homeland with fire, and a pathway for many other tribes travelling to regular feasts in the Bunya Mountains.
European settlement began in the 1840s with the establishment of Jondaryan Station and Westbrook Station (which between them covered most of what is now Jondaryan Shire), followed by the towns of Jondaryan and Oakey in the 1860s and 1870s. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 14 August 2008 13:03 |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 01:23 |
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 The Millmerran Shire Council was a Local Government constituted under the provisions of the Queensland Local Government Act and was proclaimed as such in 1913, with the first Council Meeting being held on 9 July 1913.
At the time of the 2008 local government merger, the Council consisted of a Mayor and nine (9) Councillors representing three (3) Divisions within the Shire. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 14:31 |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 02:40 |
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 Pittsworth owes its existence to that great explorer and botanist Allan Cunningham who in early June 1827 discovered and named the area around Warwick and to the north, the Darling Downs.
It was not until 1840 that the Leslie Brothers arrived on the Darling Downs with stock for pastoral settlement and on the second arrival camped on the banks of the Condamine River close to which is now Leslie Crossing in the Pittsworth Shire. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 14 March 2008 22:23 |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 00:40 |
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 Rosalie Shire was one of the earliest areas settled in the Darling Downs region of south-east Queensland.
The first Europeans to settle in the area were Henry Hughes and Henry Isaac, who squatted on land surrounding Gowrie Creek and took up a 20-mile frontage to that vital source of water. They founded Gowrie Station. They were soon followed by others who took up sheep runs in the Darling Downs portion of the Shire. Soon the whole area was occupied by only three vast stations: Gowrie-Goombungee, Westbrook and Rosalie Plains. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:13 |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 03:16 |
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 Toowoomba's history can be traced back to 1816 when English botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham arrived in Australia from Brazil where he had been searching for native trees and plant life that would be suitable for the Australian climate.
In June 1827, he was rewarded for his many explorations when he discovered four million acres of rich farming and grazing land bordered on the east by the Great Dividing Range and situated 100 miles west of the settlement of Moreton Bay (later to become Brisbane). Cunningham named his find Darling Downs after Sir Ralph Darling, Governor of New South Wales. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:25 |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 05:29 |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:11 |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 03:44 |
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A number of Historic Walks have been produced for residents and visitors to take a leisurely stroll and also enjoy Toowoomba City's heritage. There are six walks presently available. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 22 February 2008 23:52 |
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