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Mrs McDougall took out several mortgages on the land, before it was acquired by George Wonderley, a Toowoomba solicitor, in 1898. [1] During the late 1880s and early 1890s, the residential area of Toowoomba rapidly expanded, as large holdings in the smaller shires surrounding Toowoomba were subdivided for residential allotments. [1]
Crows Nest Wind Farm Country Australia Location Crows Nest, Queensland Coordinates 27°13′51″S 151°57′34″E / 27.23083°S 151.95944°E / -27.23083; 151.95944 Status Approved Construction cost $270,000,000 Owner AGL Energy Power generation Nameplate capacity 200 MW [edit on Wikidata] The proposed Crows Nest Wind Farm, will be located in south-eastern Queensland, 40 ...
This is a list of current and previous Royal Australian Air Force airstrips, aerodromes and bases.The air force also owns and maintains "bare bases" in remote areas of Australia.
Toowoomba City is situated at the intersection of the New England Highway and Warrego Highway, and contains Toowoomba railway station (the terminus of the Westlander service) and the city's bus interchange on Neil Street, from which various buses depart for the suburbs. Toowoomba also has a taxi facility available. [48]
Toowoomba was the headquarters for McCafferty's that operated a national long-distance coach network until its sale to Greyhound Australia in 2004. [89] [90] Toowoomba station has a twice-weekly return rail service from Brisbane to Charleville on Queensland Rail's The Westlander. [91]
Redwood is located 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of the Toowoomba city centre.Half of the suburb's area consists of the 2,243-hectare (5,540-acre) bushland Redwood Park, [3] after which the suburb was named in 1981; [2] the rest, to the south of the highway, is mostly crown land.
The Alexandra Building is a two-storeyed masonry building with an elegant street facade on the western side of Ruthven Street in Toowoomba. It is located on a long and narrow site and consists of a 1902 building (hall and two retail spaces) with 1905 rear addition (former pavilion).
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Toowoomba became a town council on 31 March 1903. On 29 October 1904, Toowoomba was proclaimed a City. [5] The Toowoomba Region also encompassed four of Queensland's 74 divisions created under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 on 11 November 1879: Clifton, Highfields, Jondaryan and Rosalie. On 31 ...