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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]
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.
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 ...
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.
Toowoomba is a city in regional Queensland, Australia approximately 120 kilometres west of Brisbane, with a population of approximately 90,000 people. The city lies at 700 metres (2,297 feet) above sea level.
Torrington is located 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of the Toowoomba city centre off the Warrego Highway. A significant industrial area serving the Toowoomba region is located along the suburb's eastern boundary on Boundary Road. [3]
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.