Toowmbas history

By ktipp9

  • Darling Downs Discovered

    6 June- Allan Cunningham discovered the Darling Downs.

  • Allan Cunningham located Spicer’s Gap

    11 June- Allan Cunningham located Spicer’s Gap from3.2 km to the west but he did not penetrate it.

  • Allan Cunningham located Cunningham’s gap

    24 August- Allan Cunningham located Cunningham’s gap by climbing Mt Mitchell as he approached from the Moreton Bay District

  • John Sterry Baker returned to the Moreton Bay

    4 Aug- John Sterry Baker returned to the Moreton Bay settlement after living with aborigines for 14 years.

  • Patrick in australia

    Patrick Leslie arrived in Australia

  • Patrick arrived at junction of Sandy Creek

    20 March- Patrick Leslie arrived at the junction of Sandy Creek (later named) and the Condamine River.

  • at lesslie's crossing

    4 June- Leslie’s main party arrived at Leslie’s crossing on the Condamine River about 8km below what became Toolburra Station.

  • River and eventually

    21 June Patrick and George or Walter Leslie with Peter Murphy rode to Gowrie though Cunningham’s Gap, halting at the Bremer River and eventually

  • The first head station

    2 July- The first head station was established by the Leslie brothers at Toolburra This was the first permanent pastoral settlement in present day QLD

  • Commandant of the Moreton Bay

    7 Oct- Lieutenant Gorman, Commandant of the Moreton Bay Settlement, left the settlement to visit the Darling Downs, led by John Sterry Baker

  • Lieutenant Gorman’s party

    17 Oct- Lieutenant Gorman’s party passed through Gorman’s Gap.

  • The Springs

    Thomas Alford came to the Darling Downs and established a store on the Leyburn Road leading west. Arthur Hodgson later assisted his move to establish his store at “The Springs”.

  • Bull Head's inn

    1 May- William Horton became the licensee of the Bull Head’s Inn.

  • National school in the area

    6 Sept- Drayton School was opened and it became the first National school in the area.

  • the toll Bar Road

    1 January- a 2 pence ( 2 cent) toll was introduced on the Toll Bar Road.

  • Passenger and Mail Transport

    1 Jan- Joseph Booth’s first Road Passenger and Mail Transport was established between Drayton and Ipswich.

  • The naming of Toowoomba was celebrated

    1 Jan- The naming of “Toowoomba” was celebrated by the people of Drayton and Toowoomba.

  • QLd State School

    1 April- Drayton School became QLd State School number 31.

  • The Swamp

    24 Nov- The proclamation making Toowoomba municipality and empowering its citizens to elect a mayor and aldermen was published. It was gazetted on 1 December, 1860. The municipality occupied all the land that had been surveyed at “The Swamp”, although much of it was surveyed as suburban to Drayton.

  • The first train

    12 April- The first train reached Toowoomba from Ipswich, taking 6 hours to complete the journey.

  • Toowoomba was opened

    30 April- The railway to Toowoomba was opened.

  • a city

    . 20 October- Toowoomba declared a city

  • road was opened

    . 11 June- Cunningham’s Gap road was opened

  • Etonvale Station

    19 Oct- Lieutenant Gorman reached Etonvale Station

  • Gorman’s Gap.

    12 Nov- Joe Archer and Gilbert Elliot hauled two wagons through Gorman’s Gap.

  • Etonvale Station

    shearing 19 Nov- First at Etonvale Station
    - Westbrook Station was settled by John (Tinker) Campbell