TOOWOOMBA
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V27,
Page 47
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
TOOWOOMBA
, a town of Aubigny county, Queensland, Australia, 76 m. by rail W. by N. of Ipswich, and lot m. from Brisbane
.
It is situated on the summit of the Great Dividing Range, and is the centre of the rich pastoral and agricultural district of Darling Downs
.
The chief buildings are the town- See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
, a large theatre, a school of arts and a library; the Christian Brothers College and several handsome churches
.
The industries are brewing, tanning, soap-boiling, flour-milling, malting, iron- founding, saw-milling and jam-making
.
Vineyards are cultivated by a German colony and large quantities of wine are made
.
The town received a municipal charter in 186o, and during the governorship of Lord Lamington (1896-1897) became the summer residence of the governor and his staff
.
Pop
.
(19o1), 9137; within the five-mile radius, 14,087
.
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