Hand painted Sevres bowl in turquoise colour in Toowoomba Art Gallery. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Hand painted Sevres bowl in turquoise colour in Toowoomba Art Gallery. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Toowoomba. Toowoomba is Australia’s largest inland city except for our national capital, Canberra. In 2011 the Toowoomba metropolitan area had 106,000 residents. Why has Toowoomba been so successful in terms of its growth? Well it is the regional capital for the whole of the Darling Downs, one of the most rich and fertile agricultural regions of Australia. Because of the wealthy pastoralists and farmers of the region it has been a business and education hub for a huge region. It has many private and boarding schools and it has a varied industrial base although many of the industries are related to agricultural processing and supplies. Toowoomba had a large foundry from 1874 which made agricultural equipment for cereals, windmills, water pumps and railway engines. It soon had flourmills and bread making factories, butter factories from the 1890s and bacon factories and pork processors. Today it still has a large abattoir works in Oakey. In the past it was also a major railway city with railway workshops and branch rail lines to the north, south and west and the first interstate railway connection through New England to Sydney from 1888. The first village on the Darling Downs was Drayton established in 1842. It is now just a suburb of Toowoomba. Farm lots were sold here, especially for market gardeners in the 1850s and Toowoomba on slightly higher ground than Drayton developed. Hotels and both the original Anglican and Presbyterian churches opened in Toowoomba in 1857. Farmers prospered on the fertile soils with the mild and damp climate and so the town prospered too. A shire council was formed in 1860 and the Botanic gardens were founded in 1865. Then as we already know the railway from Ipswich reached the town in 1867. By the mid 1870s Toowoomba had a population of 4,000 people and most of the facilities people expected of a town. In addition it had schools. A private Church of England School opened in 1856 and before 1865 another three private school had opened. The first state school also opened in 1865. A further 20 private schools opened before 1900. Current survivors from this early period include Toowoomba Boy’s Grammar (1876) and Christian Brothers College (1899). Today private boarding schools (7) and public schools are supplemented with a large TAFE college and the University of Southern Queensland (1992) which has its home base in Toowoomba. By the early 20th century Toowoomba was earning a reputation as a garden city and tourism became important. Now with exploration for coal seam gas across the Darling Downs and other mining further west Toowoomba is planning a major expansion of its airport to take large jets and other infrastructure to take the city far into the 21st century. Toowoomba is one of the fastest growing cities in Australia. Its City Council joined with adjoining rural councils in 2008 and the council region has over 153,000 people. But it has not forgotten its past. Over 50 buildings are registered on the state heritage register. We will see some of them in Ruthven Street and nearby areas. The register includes some of the 1870s mansions as well as churches, commercial buildings, the Court House, the Empire Theatre, railway station complex etc. Cobb and Co Museum (admission is $13 and is not included) and Buildings around Queens Park. 1. Whyembah, 80 Campbell Street. 1890. Pressed tin walls but a gentleman’s house. Now restored. 2. Kimblehurst, 94 Campbell Street. Home of first local born Mayor. 3. Claremont, 91 Campbell Street. 1905 Coach house and stables at rear. Good iron lacework. 4. Killalah, 73 Margaret corner of Lindsay. 1911. Became Catholic Bishops House in 1944 now Catholic Education Off. Cobb and Co as we heard in Charleville was instrumental in opening up Western QLD. Early routes opened up the west, later routes left from rail terminals. The Dalby-Roma route began in 1868 and ran until 1887 as the train covered this route from 1888. The Roma-Charleville route started in 1876 and ran till 1887. It ran three times a week. The last Cobb and Co coach ran in 1924 after which the horses, harnesses, coaches, depots and land etc were all sold. Cobb survived for so long as it switched routes quickly, it was adaptable, it provided feeder services to railways and the main stay was also the contract to carry the mails. Their coaches were sturdy and withstood the bad road conditions. All coaches were of the same design and parts were interchangeable between coaches. Passenger fares were always expensive but they still carried many passengers as there was no other transport option. Coaches carried 11 people with only six seated inside the coach. Cobb used good horses and although trips were slow, horses were changed about every 20 kms, so even a short run of about 80 kms would require 40 horses. Horses were used for about 18 months only as great stamina was required from the horses. Drivers had bad work conditions and yet they were expected to entertain passengers with songs and stories on the long trips. The company enterprise required great logistics and sufficient hay and horse feed was required at every changing station along every route which was an enormous task when you remember changing station were very 20 kms along the routes. Some Toowoomba Buildings to look for in the city centre.1. Court House, corner of Neil and Margaret Streets. 1878. Grand in style with classical gable, central cupola etc.2. Old Post Office, corner of Neil and Margaret Streets. 1877. Government architect design. White sandstone. 3. Wesley Church, Neil Street. 1877. Fine Gothic structure. No longer used as a church but part of Empire theatre. 4. Empire Theatre Neil Street. 1932. Original 1911 theatre burned down in 1932. 5. Masonic Temple Neil Street. 1886. Once had a circular drive in front of it.6. St. Patrick’s Cathedral, James and Neil Streets.1885. Made of basalt flagstones. Impressive Gothic style. 7. City Hall in Ruthven Street built 1900. First wooden Town hall was built in 1862. 8. Railway Station in Russell Street. 1874, renovated 1998. 9. St. James Anglican Church, Russell and Mort Streets. 1869. 10. Male urinal, Russell and Victoria Streets. 1919. First sewage in Toowoomba in 1926. Red brick classical style! |
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| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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