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During World War II, Toowoomba was the location of RAAF No.7 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot (IAFD), completed in 1942 and closed on 29 August 1944. Usually consisting of 4 tanks, 31 fuel depots were built across Australia for the storage and supply of aircraft fuel for the RAAF and the US Army Air Forces at a total cost of £900,000 ($1,800,000).
Toowoomba City is an urban locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is the central suburb of Toowoomba, containing its central business district and informally known as the Toowoomba CBD. In the 2021 census, Toowoomba City had a population of 2,321 people. [1]
On 29 October 1904, Toowoomba was proclaimed the City of Toowoomba. [4] [5] Toowoomba absorbed parts of the Shire of Middle Ridge and Town of Newtown on 23 February 1917. [6] [7] On 19 March 1949, following a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland, [8] Toowoomba grew its area to include parts of the Shires of ...
The Toowoomba Region is a local government area (LGA) on the border of Darling Downs and South East Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, the LGA was preceded by several other local government authorities with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyond.
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).
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 Downs Co-Operative Dairy Association Ltd Factory is a complex of brick, concrete and metal buildings and other structures dating from 1929 through to the 1990s, located on a long, narrow, 1.4 hectare site squeezed between the western rail line and Brook Street, Toowoomba.
Cabarlah is approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the Toowoomba city centre and has an area of approximately 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi). It is situated on the Great Dividing Range with views to the east of the Lockyer Valley through to Brisbane and to the west across the Darling Downs.