Toogoolawah, Queensland
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 St Andrew's Anglican Church, built in 1912 in the Federation Arts and Crafts style |
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 Toogoolawah
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| Population: | 955 (2006)[1] |
| Postcode: | 4313 |
| Coordinates: | 27°05′S 152°23′E / 27.083°S 152.383°ECoordinates: 27°05′S 152°23′E / 27.083°S 152.383°E |
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| LGA: | Somerset Region |
| County: | Cavendish |
| Parish: | Biarra |
| State District: | Nanango |
| Federal Division: | Dickson |
Toogoolawah (
/tuːˈɡuːləwə/ too-goo-lə-wə) is a small town in South East Queensland, Australia. Toogoolawah is a centre for gliding and parachuting and in the past the centre of a dairying industry. Cressbrook Creek, a tributary of the Brisbane River, passes through the town as does the Brisbane Valley Highway. At the 2006 census, Toogoolawah had a population of 955.[1]
The town is located in the Somerset Region local government area. There are three pubs in Toogoolawah, all situated on the main road.
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[edit] Naming
Toogoolawah is derived from the Aboriginal words "dhoo" (a generic term for tree) and "goo/lawa", meaning "crescent shaped" or "bent like a crescent moon". The name probably referred to a tree with a deformed trunk which stood on the site in Bulimba, rather than to the supposed shape outlined by the Brisbane River as it rounds Bulimba Point, as has been alleged.
[edit] History
What is now Toogoolawah township was surveyed privately when Cressbrook estate was subdivided and sold as dairy farms in 1904. The town plan was not registered with the survey office until 1 June 1909. The extension of the Brisbane Valley railway line from Esk to the new town (18.69 kilometres / 11.61 miles) was opened on 8 February 1904. James Henry McConnel, owner of Cresbrook station, suggested the name Bakewell after a village in Derbyshire, for the new town and railway station. The Railways Department however favoured the use of Aboriginal names, so McConnel then suggested Toogoolawah, the Aborigines' name for the locality in the Brisbane suburb of Bulimba where McConnel's town house was situated.
A Toogoolawah receiving office was opened in June 1904 and was elevated to post office status in July 1905. Toogoolawah State School opened on 30 May 1905. A condensed milk factory was built shortly after the railway station was opened. The factory was closed in 1929, after Nestlé moved all its condensed milk production to Victoria, resulting in the town's population decreasing by half.[2]
Toogoolawah was partially cut off by flooding as a result of the 2010-2011 Queensland floods.[3]
Toogoolawah is also home to a world-famous fun-jumping and tandem skydiving centre,[4] once featured on the third season of The Mole in 2002.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Toogoolawah (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL356200&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
- ^ Floods continue devastating march
- ^ Skydiving Lessons | Tandem Skydiving | Learn to Skydive – Ramblers
- ^ YouTube – The Mole Aus 3 – Episode # 9 / Part 1
- ^ YouTube – The Mole Aus 3 – Episode # 9 / Part 2
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Toogoolawah, Queensland |
- University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Toogoolawah
- Toogoolawah home page
- Toogoolawah Tourism Body
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