Town of Newtown

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The Town of Newtown was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, loosely based on the current Newtown, a suburb of Toowoomba. It existed between 1913 and 1917.

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On 25 January 1913, the Shire of Gowrie was abolished and was split between the new Town of Newtown and the Shire of Jondaryan. [1] [2]

On 23 Feb 1917, the Town of Newtown was abolished, being split between the City of Toowoomba and the Shire of Jondaryan. [2]

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References

  1. "Agency ID 912, Gowrie Shire Council". Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Agency ID 1449, Newtown Town Council". Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  3. Australian History Publishing Co (1936), Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders', Australian History Publishing Co, p. 286, retrieved 1 October 2015 — available online Archived 2017-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

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