The Toowong and Districts area covers the suburbs of Toowong, Milton and Auchenflower, and also part of Mt Coot-tha. These suburbs were formerly administered by the former Shire of Toowong, which was created on 20 May 1880.
History of the Toowong Shire
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The naming of Toowong
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How Archer Street got its name
How Bywong Street got its name
Places of interest
History of the Botanic Gardens
A history of cricket in Toowong
Charles Patterson: Patterson’s Sawmills
William and Margaret Winterford: The Regatta Hotel
Badger’s house ‘Arlington’; now known as ‘Endrim’
The people of Toowong
Elizabeth Bailey: Toowong’s First Lady of Real Estate
Raymond Dart: Toowong born world renowned paleontologist
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History of the Toowong Shire
The Toowong and Districts area covers the suburbs of Toowong, Milton and Auchenflower, and also part of Mt Coot-tha. These suburbs were formerly administered by the former Shire of Toowong, which was created on 20 May 1880.
Find out more about the history of the Toowong, the people and places in the articles below:
Places of interest
The People of Toowong
1824
John Oxley, Surveyor-General for NSW, camps on the river near Milton as part of a visit to look at possible settlement sites
1875
Brisbane to Ipswich railway line was opened, with a station at Toowong and Milton
The Regatta Hotel was opened on River Road (Coronation Drive) overlooking Toowong Reach
The new Brisbane General Cemetary (also known as the Toowong cemetery) is officially opened
1879
Toowong State School established in Aston St
1880
Toowong Division separated into the Shire of Toowong and the Indooroopilly Division
Mt Coot-tha area was gazetted as a public park/reserve
1889
Milton State school opens in 1889 on the site of Red Jacket Swamp
1903
Toowong Shire become Town of Toowong
1904
Electric Tram opens along Milton Road
1925
Town of Toowong is incorporated in Greater Brisbane Council
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