Toowoomba is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs,Queensland,Australia. It is 125 km (78 mi) west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 census was 142,163,having grown at an average annual rate of 1.45% over the previous two decades. Toowoomba is the second-most-populous inland city in the country after the nation's capital of Canberra,and hence the largest city on the Darling Downs. It is the second largest regional centre in Queensland,often referred to as the capital of the Darling Downs.
Oakey is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region,Queensland,Australia. The Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport.
The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland,Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally applied to an area approximating to that of the Condamine River catchment upstream of Condamine township but is now applied to a wider region comprising the Southern Downs,Western Downs,Toowoomba and Goondiwindi local authority areas. The name Darling Downs was given in 1827 by Allan Cunningham,the first European explorer to reach the area and recognises the then Governor of New South Wales,Ralph Darling.
The Shire of Jondaryan was a local government area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland,Australia,immediately west of the regional city of Toowoomba. The shire,administered from the town of Oakey,covered an area of 1,910.0 square kilometres (737.5 sq mi),and existed as a local government entity from 1890 until 2008,when it amalgamated with several other councils in the Toowoomba area to form the Toowoomba Region. Its growth in later years has been fuelled by the expansion of Toowoomba and suburbs such as Glenvale and Westbrook.
Pittsworth is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,the locality of Pittsworth had a population of 3,294 people.
Stuart William Copeland is an Australian politician. He was a National/Liberal National from 2001 to 2009,representing the district of Cunningham.
The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland,Australia. Established in 2008,it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyond.
Acland is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Acland had a population of 32 people.
The Opposition in the Australian state of Queensland comprises the largest party or coalition of parties not in Government. The Opposition's purpose is to hold the Government to account and constitute a "Government-in-waiting" should the existing Government fall. To that end,a Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Ministers for the various government departments question the Premier and Ministers on Government policy and administration,and formulate the policy the Opposition would pursue in Government. It is sometimes styled "His Majesty's Loyal Opposition" to demonstrate that although it opposes the Government,it remains loyal to the King.
John Joseph McVeigh is an Australian former politician. He was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election,representing the Division of Groom. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat in the Liberal party room. During the Turnbull government he served in cabinet as Minister for Regional Development,Territories and Local Government from 2017 to 2018. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2016 and was Minister for Agriculture,Fisheries and Forestry under Premier Campbell Newman.
The Shire of Gowrie was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland,Australia.
The Darling Downs Gazette was a newspaper published from 1848 to 1922 in Drayton and Toowoomba in Queensland,Australia.
St Anne's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed church at Evanslea Road,Jondaryan,Toowoomba Region,Queensland,Australia. It is also known as the Jondaryan Homestead Church and St Anne's Church of England. It was built in 1859 by Hugh Bradford as a private chapel for the former Jondaryan pastoral station,and the first service was held by preacher Benjamin Glennie late that year. The church also served the new township of Jondaryan,and was moved to its present site,with alterations,in 1893.
Maclagan is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Maclagan had a population of 195 people.
Glencoe is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Glencoe had a population of 322 people.
Boodua is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census Boodua had a population of 93 people.
Gowrie Little Plain is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2021 census,Gowrie Little Plain had a population of 79 people.
Doctor Creek is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Doctor Creek had a population of 37 people.
Oakey–Cooyar Road is a continuous 58.8 kilometres (36.5 mi) road route in the Darling Downs and Toowoomba regions of Queensland,Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 68. It is a state-controlled part regional and part district road. It provides an alternate route between the Warrego Highway and the New England Highway,bypassing Toowoomba.
The roads that join the towns of Dalby,Toowoomba and Cooyar form a triangle that encloses some of the most fertile land on the Darling Downs in Queensland,Australia. These roads are the Warrego Highway,New England Highway and Dalby–Cooyar Road. Pechey–Maclagan Road forms a large part of a group of roads that bisect the triangle from east to west,and is also part of one of the groups of roads that bisect from south to north.
