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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.
The Swamp was subsequently named Toowoomba in 1858. On 30 June 1860, a petition by Toowoomba residents seeking incorporation as a municipality was successful and proclamation of the Borough of Toowoomba occurred on 24 November 1860. Local government was established in November 1860, and elections were held in January 1861.
In addition to political parties registered at the state and national level, a number of political parties and groups compete solely in local government elections in Australia. Some of these parties are officially registered with electoral commissions in their respective states. [1]
The Local Government (Albert, Beaudesert and Gold Coast) Regulation 1994 was gazetted on 16 December 1994, resulting in the amalgamation of the Shire of Albert into City of Gold Coast at the 1995 local government elections. City of Ipswich: Ipswich: South East Queensland: 1860 1,094: 233,302 242,884 Lockyer Valley Region: Gatton: South East ...
The Toowoomba branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 263 Margaret Street and the Toowoomba City Business Women's branch meets at 161 Margaret Street. [80] There are 6 Rotary clubs operating within Toowoomba. All are active within the community raising funds annually in excess of $200,000.
The board has included union delegates who went on to play larger roles in the civic affairs of Toowoomba and Queensland, most notably Jack Duggan, Secretary of the Trades Hall Board and President of TLC who was a longstanding local Labor member for Toowoomba, Minister for Transport (1947–57) and Leader of the Opposition (1958-1966).
Biddeston State School, Biddeston, 2014 This is a list of schools in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and includes schools in South West Queensland.The region is centred on the inland city of Toowoomba and the towns of Dalby, Roma, St George and Charleville.
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 ...