The Town of Toowong is a former

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia, located in western

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

in the area around the current suburb of

Toowong Toowong is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 10,830 people. Geography Toowong is situated between Mount Coot-tha and the Brisbane River and is made up of rolling hills w ...

History

The

Toowong Division Toowong is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 10,830 people. Geography Toowong is situated between Mount Coot-tha and the Brisbane River and is made up of rolling hills ...

was established on 11 November 1879 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1789. In May 1880, the more populated part of Toowong Division was proclaimed the

Shire of Toowong Shire is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia and New Zealand. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the begin ...

, while the remaining part of the Toowong Division was renamed

Indooroopilly Division #REDIRECTShire of Moggill The Shire of Moggill is a former local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in western Brisbane. History Toowong Division was one of the original divisions created on 11 November 1879 under the ''Divisio ...

. In 1902, the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'' replaced all Divisions and Boroughs with Towns and Shires, creating the Town of Toowong on 31 March 1903. On 1 October 1925, it was amalgamated into the

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Leaders

The following men served as the president of the Shire of Toowong and the mayors of the Town of Toowong.

Shire presidents

* 1880:

William Henry Miskin William Henry Miskin (1842 – 1913) was an Australian solicitor, politician and entomologist. Early life Born at Guildford, England, William Henry Miskin moved to Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia at age 9 and later to Brisbane. He ...

* 1881–1884:

Augustus Charles Gregory Sir Augustus Charles Gregory (1 August 1819 – 25 June 1905) was an English-born Australian explorer and surveyor. Between 1846 and 1858 he undertook four major expeditions. He was the first Surveyor-General of Queensland. He was appointed a ...

* 1885–1887:

Robert Cribb Robert Cribb (7 January 1805 – 16 April 1893) was an Australian parliamentarian who represented the district of East Moreton in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and the districts of Town of Brisbane and East Moreton in the Queensla ...

* 1888–1890: Augustus Charles Gregory (again) * 1891–1892: George Anthony Woodstock Kibble * 1893–1894: Walter Frederick Wilson * 1895: Augustus Charles Gregory (again) * 1896: John Standring * 1897: Charles Patterson * 1898–1901: Augustus Charles Gregory (again) * 1902: Charles Frederick Siemon * 1903: Charles Patterson (again)

Town mayors

* 1903: Charles Patterson (continued) * 1904: Sir Augustus Charles Gregory (again, knighted in 1903) * 1905: William Land * 1906: George Anthony Woodstock Kibble (again) * 1907: John Francis Bergin * 1908: Charles Frederick Siemon (again) * 1909:

Richard John Cottell Richard John Cottell (1865–1911) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a mayor of the Town of Toowong (now part of the City of Brisbane). Early life Richard John Cottell was born on 6 Augus ...

* 1910: Thomas Biggs * 1911: William Land (again) * 1912: John Hiron * 1913: John Francis Bergin (again) * 1914: George Leslie Duff * 1915–1916: Charles Patterson (again) * 1917–1918: Alfred Henry Richer * 1919: Frederick Watts * 1920: William Henry Booth * 1921–1923: Charles Patterson (again) * 1924–1925:

Archibald Watson Archibald Watson FRCS (27 July 1849 – 30 July 1940) was an Australian surgeon and professor of anatomy at the University of Adelaide. Early life Watson was born at Tarcutta, New South Wales, the son of Sydney Grandison Watson, a retired ...

References

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