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Mayors Of Toowoomba
This is a list of mayors of the City of Toowoomba and the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In March 2008 the City of Toowoomba was amalgamated with the Shires of Crows Nest, Rosalie, Jondaryan, Cambooya, Clifton, Millmerran, and Pittsworth to form the Toowoomba Region. 1861–present References {{Reflist Toowoomba Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 C ... * Mayors Toowoomba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Campbell (Queensland Politician)
James Campbell (28 October 1838 – 13 September 1925) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life The son of Hugh Campbell and Helen (''née'' Fraser), Campbell was born in Newtown Cook's River, New South Wales. He became a butcher and grazier. With his wife, Sarah Ann Lovell (married 1866, died 1935), Campbell had four sons and seven daughters. Politics Campbell was mayor of the Town of Toowoomba in 1882. His brother, Charles Campbell was also the town's mayor in 1886 and a member of the Queensland Legislative Council. James Campbell represented Aubigny in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 4 March 1884 to 29 April 1893. Later life Campbell died 13 September 1925 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery Toowong Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on the corner of Frederick Street and Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was established in 1866 and formally opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry King Alford
Henry King Alford (1852–1930) was the mayor of Toowoomba, Queensland from 1911–1912. He was born on 22 July 1852 to Thomas Alford, a pioneer in the Toowoomba district, and is reputed to be the first white child born in Toowoomba. He worked at the Australian Joint Stock Bank The Australian Joint Stock Bank was a bank in Australia. It operated from 1852 to 1910, after which it became the Australian Bank of Commerce and then was taken over by the Bank of New South Wales in 1931. History The Australian Joint Stock Ban ... as a young man before becoming involved in real estate. He died on 19 August 1930. References 1852 births 1930 deaths Colony of Queensland people Mayors of Toowoomba {{Australia-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Redwood
Vernon Charles Redwood (14 April 1873 – 15 February 1954) was a maltster and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Redwood was born at Riverlands near Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand,Vernon Charles Redwood — |
Job Eagles Stone
Job Eagles Stone (1860–1935) was a mayor of Toowoomba, Queensland in 1909. Born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, he came to Australia as a boy and settled with his family in Toowoomba. From his first job as a newspaper boy, he worked his way up to eventually owning a large printing and bookselling business. Aside from his service as mayor, he was an alderman An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many Jurisdiction, jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council membe ... on the Toowoomba City Council in 1907–1911, 1924, and 1930–1933. He died in Toowoomba on 13 September 1935. References 1860 births 1935 deaths Mayors of Toowoomba People from Kenilworth Queensland local councillors British emigrants to colonial Australia Colony of Queensland people {{Australia-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 - 1939)
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Edwin Godsall
Edwin John Godsall (30 Sept 1871 – 8 May 1941) was a politician and mayor of the City of Toowoomba, Queensland. Born in Toowoomba on 30 September 1871, he was educated at the Toowoomba South State School and Toowoomba Grammar School before going into banking. Later, he managed a stock and station agency Stock and station agencies are businesses which provide a support service to the agricultural community. Their staff who deal with clients are known as stock and station agents.In his book Simon Ville states: "The term stock and station agent is va ... before being elected to the City Council of Toowoomba in 1904 and then, from 1906 to 1907, served as mayor of Toowoomba. He died 8 May 1941. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Godsall, Edwin John 1871 births 1941 deaths Mayors of Toowoomba Australian stock and station agents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Keeffe
Matthew Keefe (died 1924) was a hotel manager, policeman and farmer who was elected mayor of Toowoomba, Queensland in 1900. Born in Kilkenny, Ireland, he emigrated to Queensland during the 1870s and joined the Queensland Police in 1879, becoming a sergeant before retiring in 1889 in Toowoomba. He then entered the hotel business, and was elected as an alderman for the Toowoomba City Council from 1896 to 1901, serving as mayor in 1900. He died on 22 March 1924 at Maryvale, Queensland (Southern Downs Region), where he had taken up agriculture. As mayor, on 12 December 1900, Keefe officially opened the Toowoomba City Hall, which has since been listed on the Queensland Heritage Register The Queensland Heritage Register is a heritage register, a statutory list of places in Queensland, Australia that are protected by Queensland legislation, the Queensland Heritage Act 1992. It is maintained by the Queensland Heritage Council. As a .... References 1924 deaths Mayors of To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Mayes
Alexander Mayes (1859–1941) was a builder and politician in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was Mayor of Toowoomba. Early life Alexander Mayes was born on 17 July 1859 in Largo, Fifeshire, Scotland. He learned his trade as a builder in Edinburgh, London and Glasgow. Mayes moved to Toowoomba in June 1886 at the age of 26. Business life Mayes spent 35 years in Toowoomba, becoming a prominent builder. He is known to have worked on the Toowoomba City Hall, Toowoomba Post Office, Tooowoomba Masonic Hall, Commercial Bank, Toowoomba Technical College and Vacy Hall and many private homes. Circa 1901, he built his own home ''Largo'' (now the heritage-listed Gowrie House) based on a design by Toowoomba architect, Harry Marks. Public service Mayes was active in local politics, being mayor of Toowoomba in 1896, 1903 and 1917. He was honorary superintendent of the Toowoomba Fire Brigade for many decades. He was a prominent Freemason. Personal life Mayes was married twi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Geddes
Malcolm Geddes (1832–1916) was mayor of the City of Toowoomba, Queensland in 1895. He was born in 1832 in Lurgon, Armagh, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ..., and married Mary McStay in 1855 in Ireland. He died on 2 July 1916 in Toowoomba. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Geddes, Malcolm 1832 births 1916 deaths Mayors of Toowoomba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Cory
Gilbert Gostwyck Cory (1839–1924) was the mayor of Toowoomba, Queensland in 1891. Born in Paterson, New South Wales in 1839 and educated at King's School .He became a station manager after moving to Toowoomba in 1858, where he worked for James Taylor, who was also mayor of Toowoomba. Aside from being mayor, Cory served as an alderman on the Toowoomba City Council from 1889 to 1894 and was also active on the Shire of Jondaryan Council, serving as chairman in 1894 and 1895 and an alderman in 1883–1919. He had one son and four daughters. He died on 8 August 1924. His former house, Vacy Hall Vacy Hall is a heritage-listed villa at 135 Russell Street, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History This single storeyed brick residence ..., is now heritage-listed and used as a boutique hotel. References 1839 births 1924 deaths Mayors of Toowoomba {{Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Taylor (Queensland Politician)
James Taylor (1820 – 19 October 1895) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life and pastoral career Taylor was born in London, England in 1820 to John William Taylor, merchant, and his wife Ann (née Fielder).Taylor, James (1820–1895) — . Retrieved 9 March 2015. He probably arrived in on board the ''James Pattison'' and spent the next few years gaining |
