Toowoomba's History

By lluhr3

  • Darling Downs discovered

    6 June- Allan Cunningham discovered the Darling Downs.

  • Allan Cunningham

    Allan Cunningham discovered the Darling Downs.

  • Patrick Leslie arrived in Australia

    Patrick Leslie arrived in Australia

  • stations

    There were 26 stations on the downs.

  • Toll Bar Road

    What was to be called the Toll Bar Road superseded the Flagstone Creek road.

  • William Horton

    1 May- William Horton became the licensee of the Bull Head’s Inn.

  • Patrick Leslie

    21 June- First horse races at Drayton.
    Patrick Leslie bought back Goomburra Station
    First meeting re the school at Drayton held in the Bull’s Head Inn.
    A bridle track along the Mt Lofty foothills came into use.