38-526: Toowoomba City is an urban locality in the Toowoomba Region , Queensland , Australia. It is the central suburb of Toowoomba , containing its central business district and informally known as the Toowoomba CBD . In the 2021 census , Toowoomba City had a population of 2,321 people. The suburb is roughly rectangular, bounded to the north by Bridge Street, to the east by Hume Street, to
76-539: A special education program. In 2015, the school had an enrolment of 157 students with 12 teachers (11 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 142 students with 11 teachers (10 full-time equivalent) and 15 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent). Holy Name Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 188 Bridge Street ( 27°33′02″S 151°56′48″E / 27.5506°S 151.9467°E / -27.5506; 151.9467 ( Holy Name Primary School ) ). It
114-589: A GLA of 46,000 square metres (500,000 sq ft), contains the region's only Myer store, as well as a Coles , Target and 145 specialty stores. Garden Town Shopping Centre, across Gowrie Creek and containing a GLA of 12,434 square metres (133,840 sq ft) (2009), contains a Supa IGA supermarket, Best & Less and Lincraft along with 40 other stores. Both are currently owned by QIC, following its acquisition of Garden Town in January 2009 from Aspen Group, they are now being redeveloped to join together via
152-679: A city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been
190-509: A cost of $ 600,000, was in the planning stage in July 2022. A project to plan for upgrades between Warwick and Stanthorpe, at a coat of $ 450,000, was completed in October 2021. A project to deliver widened pavement near Cooyar, at a cost of $ 24.576 million, was to finish by July 2022. New England Highway has had many former route allocations including former National Route 15. Where and when
228-516: A major refurbishment in 2016. In the 2006 census , Toowoomba City had a population of 2,281 people. In the 2016 census , Toowoomba City had a population of 2,088 people. In the 2021 census , Toowoomba City had a population of 2,321 people. There are many heritage-listed sites in Toowoomba City, including: Toowoomba City contains two significant shopping centres, presently under the same ownership. Grand Central Shopping Centre , with
266-615: A month later through New South Wales on 14 March 1933. In 1936 the road was described by contemporary observers as being in good condition, with spectacular scenery and excellent accommodation en route. The Department of Main Roads , which had succeeded the New South Wales MRB in 1932, declared Main Road 374 on 16 March 1938, from the intersection with Tenterfield-Yetman Road (later Bruxner Highway ) just north of Tenterfield to
304-718: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
342-466: A two level galleria to form one shopping centre. Two smaller centres, the Hooper Centre and a homeware centre, and street shopping along Ruthven Street round out the city centre's retail offerings. There is also a small shopping area on the corner of Ramsay and South streets called Southtown. It contains several eating places, supermarket, newsagent and Post Office. Toowoomba City is situated at
380-454: Is a Mercy tradition school. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 154 students with 12 teachers (10.3 full-time equivalent) and 8 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 140 students with 11 teachers (10 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Toowoomba City. The nearest government secondary schools are: The Tooowoomba City library
418-567: Is located at 155 Herries Street. The library is open seven days a week. The local history library is located at 155 Herries Street. The local history library has a comprehensive archival collection that is of local, state and national significance, including the Robinson Collection named after Toowoomba's first female mayor Nellie E. Robinson . This comprehensive collection contains records from local personalities, businesses and community organizations. Both libraries are operated by
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#1732786941155456-589: Is part of Australia's National Highway system, and forms part of the inland route between Brisbane and Sydney. The Queensland segment of the New England Highway is a state-controlled road, subdivided into three sections for administrative and funding purposes. One of the three sections (number 22C) is part of the National Highway, while sections 22A and 22B are strategic roads. The sections are: State-controlled roads that intersect with
494-632: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. New England Highway New England Highway is an 883-kilometre (549 mi) long highway in Australia running from Yarraman , north of Toowoomba , Queensland , at its northern end to Hexham at Newcastle , New South Wales , at its southern end. It
532-511: The Queensland – New South Wales border . Mort Estate is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the suburb ( 27°33′09″S 151°56′49″E / 27.5525°S 151.9469°E / -27.5525; 151.9469 ( Mort Estate ) ). It takes its name from an 1862 land sale by Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and Henry Mort . Toowoomba North Boys State School and Toowoomba North Girls and Infants State School both opened in 1869. In 1937,
570-652: The Toowoomba Regional Council . The Toowoomba branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 263 Margaret Street and the Toowoomba City Business Women’s branch meets at 161 Margaret Street. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while
608-784: The Great Northern Road. During the 1860s, several robberies occurred along the road, with infamous bushranger Captain Thunderbolt known to be active in the area. The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924 through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (MRB). Great Northern Highway
646-521: The New England Highway include: The Scone Bypass was opened in March 2020. In addition to bypassing the town centre, it also replaces the last railway level crossing on the New England Highway. The New England Highway upgrade and rail bridge replacement at Singleton (known as Gowrie Gates) was opened in July 2019. This upgrade is not part of the proposed Singleton bypass. The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, last updated in March 2022, includes
684-920: The New England and Cunningham Highways combined (known as the Sydney–Brisbane inland route) had an average annual daily traffic count of just over 13,000 vehicles, which is approximately half that seen on the coastal route (i.e., the Pacific Highway and Pacific Motorway ). Heavy vehicles account for approximately 13% of the traffic seen on the route. As of November 2018, fixed speed cameras were located at Ben Lomond (between Ross Road and Ben Lomond Road), Blandford (between Hayles Street and Mills Street) and Tenterfield (between Duncan Street and George Street). Average speed enforcement (point-to-point) cameras target heavy vehicles between Singleton and Muswellbrook. New England Highway has its origins in
722-579: The designation of the New England Highway north of Warwick to follow the former Lockyer-Darling Downs Highway (national route 17) so that it terminated in Toowoomba. The section of the highway between Brisbane and Warwick was renamed as part of Cunningham Highway, which until that time had extended only westward from Warwick to Goondiwindi . The passing of the Roads Act of 1993 through the Parliament of New South Wales updated road classifications and
760-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
798-533: The following projects for the New England Highway in Queensland. A project to upgrade the New England Highway at Cabarlah, at an estimated cost of $ 5 million, was in planning at March 2022. A project to develop supporting road infrastructure for the Emu Swamp Dam, adjacent to the New England Highway at Stanthorpe, at a cost of $ 6.3 million is planned to be completed by mid-2023. A project to upgrade
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#1732786941155836-591: The highway are listed in the main article. At its northern end New England Highway connects to D'Aguilar Highway , and at its southern end it connects to Pacific Highway . It traverses the Darling Downs , New England , and Hunter Valley regions. During the winter months, some parts of the New England Highway are subject to frost and snowfall, with the 350 km section from the Moonbi Ranges to Stanthorpe located at high altitudes. In 2013–14,
874-735: The intersection of the New England Highway and Warrego Highway , and contains Toowoomba railway station (the terminus of the Westlander service) and the city's bus interchange on Neil Street, from which various buses depart for the suburbs. Toowoomba also has a taxi facility available. Toowoomba North State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls on the south-west corner of Mort and Taylor Streets ( 27°33′23″S 151°56′55″E / 27.5565°S 151.9487°E / -27.5565; 151.9487 ( Toowoomba North State School ) ). It includes
912-577: The intersection with the Cunningham Highway east of Warwick, at a cost of $ 25 million, was due for completion in August 2022. Two projects to develop business cases for improvements to the highway south of Toowoomba, at a cost of $ 650,000, were to be completed by March 2022. A project to improve safety between Stanthorpe and Ballandean, at a cost of $ 19.4 million, was ongoing in July 2022. A project to construct turning lanes at Cabarlah, at
950-466: The newer alphanumeric system in 2005, National Route 42 and State Route 61 were removed and replaced by route A3 between Yarraman and Warwick, now running concurrent with State Route 85 between Hampton and Toowoomba, and National Highway 15 was updated to route A15 between Warwick and the state border with New South Wales. New South Wales' conversion to the newer alphanumeric system occurred later in 2013, with National Highway 15 also updated to route A15 from
988-640: The south by James Street, and to the west by West Street. Toowoomba railway station is in Russell Street ( 27°33′26″S 151°57′07″E / 27.5572°S 151.9519°E / -27.5572; 151.9519 ( Toowoomba railway station ) ). It serves the city of Toowoomba , and is the junction and terminus for the Main Line railway from Brisbane , the Western railway from Cunnamulla , and Southern railway from Wallangarra on
1026-556: The state border with Queensland at Wallangarra; this was replaced with the declaration of State Highway 24 along the same route on 11 January 1950. New England Highway was re-routed through Warwick along the route that was then known in Queensland as the Lockyer-Darling Downs Highway on 11 August 1954, with the new alignment of State Highway 9 subsuming State Highway 24 in New South Wales. Against
1064-400: The state border with Queensland to Hexham. With Hunter Expressway opening a year later in 2014, route A15 was modified to route M15 and rerouted along it east of Branxton, and route A43 was extended westwards from Hexham along New England Highway to replace it, retaining a concurrency with route A1 between Beresfield and Hexham. As of July 2021, completed, current or proposed improvements on
1102-507: The states for road construction and maintenance, but were fully compensated by the Federal government for money spent on approved projects. As an important interstate link between the capitals of Queensland and New South Wales, New England Highway was declared a National Highway in 1974 and was consequently re-signed as National Highway 15. National Route 42 was extended north along New England Highway from Warwick to Toowoomba; State Route 85
1140-531: The term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of
1178-542: The track which developed north from Newcastle to reach the prime wool growing areas of the New England region which Europeans settled following expeditions by NSW Surveyor-General John Oxley in 1818 and botanist Allan Cunningham in 1827 and 1829. The rough track, navigable only by horse or bullock dray, crossed the Liverpool Range, went through Tamworth and ended at Tenterfield. The track became known as
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1216-523: The two schools were combined to form Toowoomba North State School . In 1881, a Baptist Church opened in Toowoomba. The Holy Name Primary School was opened on 23 January 1905 by the Sisters of Mercy who were already operating the school at St Patrick's Church (the church is now St Patrick's Cathedral and the St Patrick's school is now known as St Saviours School & College). The Holy Name school
1254-419: The way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, New England Highway today retains its declaration as Highway 9, from Hexham to the state border with Queensland. New England Highway was signed National Route 15 from Warwick to Hexham in 1955. The Whitlam government introduced the federal National Roads Act 1974 , where roads declared as a National Highway were still the responsibility of
1292-636: The wishes of the Beaudesert Shire Council and the Woodenbong Chamber of Commerce, the former alignment of New England Highway through Beaudesert was renamed Mount Lindesay Highway , and the New South Wales section was re-declared as State Highway 24 (this was eventually revoked on 23 December 1981 and re-declared as Main Road 622 ). In the 1970s, the Queensland Main Roads Department rerouted
1330-645: Was allocated sometime during the 1980s between Toowoomba and Hampton, and State Route 61 allocated sometime during the 1990s between Hampton and its northern terminus at Yarraman. National Highway 15 was later truncated at its southern end from Hexham to Beresfield in 1988, as the Mandalong–Freemans Waterhole stage of Sydney–Newcastle Freeway opened and National Highway 1 was rerouted via existing arterial routes to Beresfield, then along New England Highway to Hexham, before resuming its original route north along Pacific Highway. With Queensland's conversion to
1368-417: Was amended to State Highway 9 on 8 April 1929. The section of Great Northern Highway between Sydney and Hexham was subsumed into Pacific Highway on 26 May 1931; the southern end of Great Northern Highway was truncated at the intersection with Pacific Highway at Hexham as a result. The remaining portion from Hexham to Brisbane was later renamed New England Highway , through Queensland on 14 February 1933, and
1406-455: Was burned down on 4 August 1919, so the school operated from the Mr and Mrs Hannant on the corner of West and Norwood Streets, until the school was rebuilt. Archbishop James Duhig laid the foundation school for the new church and school on 23 November 1919 and officially opened it on 23 January 1921. The Toowoomba City library opened in 2016. The Toowoomba local history library opened in 1999 with
1444-537: Was declared (as Main Road No. 9) on 8 August 1928, replacing the Great Northern Road and running from North Sydney via Hornsby, Peat's Ferry, Gosford, Swansea, Newcastle, Maitland, Singleton, Tamworth, Armidale, Glen Innes, Tenterfield and Woodenbong to the border with Queensland; with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929 to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this
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