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Allan Cunning ham assisted Philip Parker King
Allan Cunning ham assisted Philip Parker King in his survey of the Qld coastline -
John Sterry
1826 8 January- John Sterry Baker fled into the bush -
John Sterry Baker
John Sterry Baker fled into the bush -
Allan Cunning ham assisted Philip Parker
Allan Cunning ham assisted Philip Parker King in his survey of the Qld coastline. -
Allan Cunningham left Segenhoe
Allan Cunningham left Segenhoe in the Hunter Valley, NSW when setting out north and discovering the Darling Downs. -
Allan Cunningham left Segenhoe
Allan Cunningham left Segenhoe in the Hunter Valley, NSW when setting out north and discovering the Darling Downs. -
Allan Cunningham
Allan Cunningham discovered the Darling Downs -
Allan Cunningham located Spicer’s Gap
Allan Cunningham located Spicer’s Gap from3.2 km to the west but he did not penetrate it. -
Allan Cunningham located Cunningham’s gap
Allan Cunningham located Cunningham’s gap by climbing Mt Mitchell as he approached from the Moreton Bay District -
Leslie’s main party
- Leslie’s main party arrived at Leslie’s crossing on the Condamine River about 8km below what became Toolburra Station.
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The first head station
The first head station was established by the Leslie brothers at Toolburra This was the first permanent pastoral settlement in present day QLD -
John Sterry Bake
John Sterry Baker sentenced to the Moreton Bay Settlement for some obscure offence -
Sir George
Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the first governor of the Colony of Queensland, visited the Downs. -
Sir George
Ferguson Bowen, the first governor of the Colony of Queensland, visited the Downs. -
January with 285 voters.
The first municipal elections for Toowoomba took place in January with 285 voters. It resulted in the election of William Henry Groom, “Father of Toowoomba” as mayor and he with his alderman began the task of running the municipality. One of the council’s first acts was to petition the Colonial Government to grant it land for the erection of a town hall. -
John Robert
John Robert “Jackie” Howe was born on Canning Downs near Warwick -
Word was received from the Colonial Government
Word was received from the Colonial Government by the Toowoomba Municipal Council that allotment 2 of section 24in James Street was to be set aside for a town hall. This was the first town hall built in QLD. The cost was 435 pounds( $870) -
The first train reached Toowoomba
The first train reached Toowoomba from Ipswich, taking 6 hours to complete the journey. -
The railway
The railway to Toowoomba was opened -
John Boland
John Boland and Henry Neale both claimed to be mayor of Drayton. -
Mr James Taylor
Mr James Taylor bought Clifford House. -
Toowoomba’s swamps
Toowoomba’s swamps were drained. -
Warwick’s early school
Warwick’s early school became known as the Warwick est State School. -
Arthur Hodgson
Arthur Hodgson returned to Stratford - on- Avon, England -
The Royal Bull’s Head Inn
The Royal Bull’s Head Inn became a private residence. -
The Margaret Street post office
The Margaret Street post office was opened. The building cost 5000 pounds ($10 000); the clock cost 250 pounds ($500) -
The railway
The railway to Roma was opened. -
The death
The death occurred of Patrick Leslie in N.S.W. -
Tor House was built
Tor House was built in Toowoomba. -
jackie Howe
jackie Howe, at Isis Downs Station, Blackall, shore 321 sheep in 8 hours 40 minutes. He established a record never to be equalled by blade shearers. At Barcaldine Downs, using machines for the first time, Jackie Howe shore 370 sheep in eight hours. Even with the introduction of mechanical shears, Jackie’s record stood for 58 years. In 1950 Ted Rieck shore 326 sheep on a Julia Creek property. Jackie Howe who was born in Warwick became immortalised through the low-necked sleeveless, flannel s -
Toowoomba
Toowoomba declared a city. -
Eton Vale Station
Eton Vale Station was subdivided and sold for closer settlement.was subdivided and sold for closer settlement. -
Eton Vale
Eton Vale Homestead was destroyed by fire. -
Cunningham’s Gap
Cunningham’s Gap road was opened. -
The Royal Bull’s Head Inn was acquired
The Royal Bull’s Head Inn was acquired by the National Trust of QLD. -
Lieutenant Gorman, Commandant
Lieutenant Gorman, Commandant of the Moreton Bay Settlement, left the settlement to visit the Darling Downs, led by John Sterry Baker