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With the intervention of the government, funding improved and a number of new purpose-designed buildings were constructed. [1] The Toowoomba Technical College building was designed by the Department of Public Works and built by Alexander Mayes, a Toowoomba contractor and later Mayor of Toowoomba from 1916-1917. At this time, the Under Secretary ...
The City of Toowoomba was a local government area in Queensland, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) west of Brisbane. [citation needed]Elections were held every four years (previously every three years) with ballots for the mayoralty and the councillors being held simultaneously.
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 and beyond.
Toowoomba is the seat of the Toowoomba Region local government area. The city is represented in the Parliament of Queensland by three seats: Toowoomba North , Toowoomba South and Condamine . In the Commonwealth Parliament , Toowoomba forms part of the Division of Groom , which is held by Garth Hamilton for the Liberal National Party of Queensland .
The Local Government Reform Commission was an independent, purpose-specific authority established by the Beattie Labor Queensland Government on 1 May 2007 to recommend the most appropriate future structure and boundaries for local government in Queensland. This was in part due to the number of financially weak councils with small populations in ...
The Lockyer Valley Region is a local government area (LGA) in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia.The region is located between the cities of Ipswich and Toowoomba, and is bordered by the Somerset and Southern Downs regions to the north and south, respectively.
For service to local government and the community Charles Robertson: For service to local government, the aged, and sports administration Major Aylmer Campbell Robertson: For service to the community, particularly through the Toowoomba Art Gallery and the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce Ian Rogers: For service to chess Norman John Rowland
The University of Southern Queensland is a public research university based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the sixth largest city in the Australian state of Queensland [9] Founded in 1967 after a successful campaign by the local Darling Downs community, the university is a founding member of the Regional Universities Network.