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Darling Downs Discovered
6 June- Allan Cunningham discovered the Darling Downs. -
Arthur Hodgsonough
Sept- Arthur Hodgson and Gilbert Elliot made contact with the NSW government at Moreton Bay via a track through Cunningham’s Gap. They had ridden from their station, Etonvale (at Mt Rubieslaw) -
Patrick leslie
4 June- Leslie’s main party arrived at Leslie’s crossing on the Condamine River about 8km below what became Toolburra Station. -
The first head station
2 July- The first head station was established by the Leslie brothers at Toolburra This was the first permanent pastoral settlement in present day QLD -
Joe Archer,
October- Joe Archer, the bullocky, and Gilbert Elliot, found that the Cunningham’s Gap road was far too steep for drays. -
Gorman's gap
17 Oct- Lieutenant Gorman’s party passed through Gorman’s Gap. -
Lieutenant Gorman reached
19 Oct- Lieutenant Gorman reached Etonvale Station -
Etonvale Station
19 Nov- First shearing at Etonvale Station
- Westbrook Station was settled by John (Tinker) Campbell -
Patrick leslie arrived at sandy creek
20 March- Patrick Leslie arrived at the junction of Sandy Creek (later named) and the Condamine River. 4 June- Leslie’s main party arrived at Leslie’s crossing on the Condamine River about 8km below what became Toolburra Station -
Drayton School
1 April- Drayton School became QLd State School number 31. -
Toowoomba municipality
24 Nov- The proclamation making Toowoomba municipality and empowering its citizens to elect a mayor and aldermen was published. It was gazetted on 1 December, 1860. The municipality occupied all the land that had been surveyed at “The Swamp”, although much of it was surveyed as suburban to Drayton. -
Toowoomba declared a city.
20 October- Toowoomba declared a city. -
Cunningham’s Gap road was opened.
1927 11 June- Cunningham’s Gap road was opened.