Town of Newtown

The Town of Newtown was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, loosely based on the current Newtown, a suburb of Toowoomba. It existed between 1913 and 1917.

History

On 25 January 1913, the Shire of Gowrie was abolished and was split between the new Town of Newtown and the Shire of Jondaryan.[1][2]

On 23 Feb 1917, the Town of Newtown was abolished, being split between the City of Toowoomba and the Shire of Jondaryan.[2]

Mayors
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  • Joseph Troy [3]

References
  1. "Agency ID 912, Gowrie Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. "Agency ID 1449, Newtown Town Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  3. Australian History Publishing Co (1936), Queensland and Queenslanders : incorporating 'Prominent Queenslanders', Australian History Publishing Co, p. 286, retrieved 1 October 2015 — available online Archived 2017-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

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