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
[edit]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
[edit]- Joseph Troy [3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Agency ID 912, Gowrie Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Agency ID 1449, Newtown Town Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ 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