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Goombungee is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the 2021 census , the locality of Goombungee had a population of 1,066 people. [ 1 ]
The Goombungee War Memorial was unveiled on 11 December 1920 by Major General Sir Thomas William Glasgow, [2] [3] and Brigadier-General James Campbell Robertson [4] CB, CMG, DSO, MID (x7) represented the Toowoomba sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. [2] It was designed by Henry James (Harry) Marks and produced by masons R C Ziegler and Son of the Downs Electric Monumental Works.
The Shire of Rosalie was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, immediately northwest of the regional city of Toowoomba.The shire, administered from the town of Goombungee, covered an area of 2,200.7 square kilometres (849.7 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008.
The centenary of Goombungee State School : 1881-1981 : souvenir booklet / compiled and written by Jean Ledwidge. s.n. – via State Library of Queensland. — incorporating Muniganeen, Highland Plains, Douglas and Silverleigh Schools
Goombungee Kilbirnie is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region , Queensland , Australia. [ 2 ] In the 2021 census , Kilbirnie had a population of 68 people.
Haden Branch Railway was a branch railway line from Kingsthorpe to Goombungee and Haden in the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. [1] Kingsthorpe is about twenty kilometres from Toowoomba on the Western railway line. The Queensland Parliament approved a 33-kilometre (21 mi) branch line north to Goombungee and Haden in December 1908.
In August 1889 the Queensland Government provided 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land for a cemetery for Goombungee. [4] However, the soil proved too difficult to dig a grave, so another 6.2-acre (2.5 ha) cemetery reserve was provided on 17 January 1894 (which is now within the boundaries of Haden).
Aerial views of the Toowoomba Region. The Toowoomba Region is a local government area (LGA) located within the larger Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia.. Established in 2008, the LGA was preceded by several other local government authorities with histories extending back to the early 1900s