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The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers received the Gold Award for Major Festival and Event at the Queensland Tourism Awards in 2015, 2016 & 2017, and Australian Tourism Awards in 2016 & 2017. In 2017, 255,639 people recorded as having attended the event. [54] Toowoomba also hosts 'First Coat Art and Music Festival'. [55]
The Jarowair maintained an important ceremonial site, near the present-day township of Gowrie Junction, north of Toowoomba and 50 km from the Bunya Mountains. It was on one of the major routes employed by many Aboriginal tribes to the south and southeast to participate in the triennial bunya nut feast.
The first Carnival of Flowers was held in October 1950 and was a resounding success, with more than 50,000 people lining the main street to watch the opening parade. This heralded eight days of festivities focused on Toowoomba's beautiful gardens, both public and private. Money raised from the carnival went to local charities.
Two years later people began purchasing the land but not new settlers. The new farm holdings attracted buyers from Drayton. [citation needed] In 1850 land was selling at £4 an acre (£988/km²). Drovers and wagon masters spread the news of the new settlement at Toowoomba. By 1858 Toowoomba was growing fast.
May 3—Although the IndigenousWays Festival is only in its third year, it appears to have found its groove. In 2022, the festival was spread across five weekends — one each month from May ...
The Jagera people, also written Yagarr, Yaggera, Yuggera, and other variants, are the Australian First Nations people who speak the Yuggera language. The Yuggera language which encompasses a number of dialects was spoken by the traditional owners of the territories from Moreton Bay to the base of the Toowoomba ranges including the city of Brisbane.
Folk music festival, held annually on the October Labour Day long weekend. Originated as the Wagga Wagga Folk Festival held at Downside, until moving to Uranquinty in 1974. Village Fair: Bathurst: 1974: Music Festival – Rock, Alternative, Indie, Hip hop, Electronic. Vivid Sydney: Sydney: 2009: Annual outdoor lighting festival, held from May ...
Prior to European settlement, the Lockyer Valley region was home to the Kitabul Aboriginal people. [citation needed] Tarampa Division, as it was then known, was created on 15 January 1880 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879, with its first board meeting being held on 20 February 1880.