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Toowoomba Historical Society's picture of the month

Sabbath School teachers at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Neil St, Toowoomba c.1910. Back row: Messrs C. Fossett, F. Long, W. Solley, P. Long, A. Bailey. Second Row: Miss Bell, Mrs Hatton, Miss Stokes, Miss V. Long,Miss Newnham, Miss Sexton. >> view original

Woggies unmasks for Toowoomba children's appeal

MASQUERADE masks and music are the key features of a gala evening being hosted by Toowoomba's resident Italians, the Rognoni family. Woggies Unmasked is a unique masquerade evening being held on August 1 in support of the Toowoomba Hospital ... >> view original

Police vehicle written off after collision in Toowoomba

Both vehicles suffered significant damage, and the driver of the car, a 33-year-old woman, was taken to the Toowoomba Hospital with chest injuries. The four passengers in the woman's vehicle, a 29-year-old woman, 48-year-old man, two boys aged seven ... >> view original

I think Toowoomba Regional Council has done a fine job!

The first council under the Andrew Fraser-amalgamated model always had a tough road ahead. Many local shires were tossed together into one big unit both here in the Toowoomba region and across the state. Probably not a good time to be Mayor. Then of ... >> view original

Plane makes emergency landing at Toowoomba airport

Queensland Fire and Rescue, police and ambulance crews rushed to the Toowoomba Airport just before 1pm today. A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesperson said the plane was able to complete an extra loop above the airport before the ... >> view original

Rally rejects multiculturalism in Toowoomba

INSTEAD of the scenes of violence and protest seen at Reclaim Australia rallies across the country's biggest cities, the rally held in Toowoomba was a peaceful gathering. Just more than 40 people gathered at the East Creek Park yesterday morning for ... >> view original

YOUR SAY: Toowoomba needs indoor skydiving

SOMETHING that Toowoomba locals and tourists would love to see here is an indoor skydiving center. Indoor skydiving is basically a huge vertical wind tunnel that simulates weightlessness as experienced when jumping out of a plane. I have seen the one ... >> view original

Reclaim rally rejects multiculturalism in Toowoomba

INSTEAD of the scenes of violence and protest seen at Reclaim Australia rallies across the country's biggest cities, the rally held in Toowoomba was a peaceful gathering. Just more than 40 people gathered at the East Creek Park yesterday morning for ... >> view original

Emotional MH17 memorial service touches Toowoomba mayor

THE memorial service to the victims of the MH17 Malaysian airlines disaster was charged with emotion, Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio said. He was in Canberra on other business on Saturday and was invited to the ceremony which saw Prime Minister ... >> view original

WAY WE WERE: Digging up Toowoomba history

Mr Larkin recalled: "A 2005 thesis, typhoid fever in colonial Toowoomba and Brisbane by Margaret Hampton, recorded that in the 1880s, the nightman (emptier of toilet pans. There was no Toowoomba sewerage system at that time) used a horse and dray with ... >> view original