Toowoomba (nicknamed 'The Garden City') is a city in South East Queensland, Australia. It is located 132 km (82 mi) west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an urban population of 95,265 (2005). Toowoomba is Australia's second largest non-coastal city after the capital Canberra.
A university and cathedral city, Toowoomba hosts the Australian Carnival of Flowers each September, and Easterfest is held annually over the Easter weekend.
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Toowoomba (nicknamed 'The Garden City') is a city in South East Queensland, Australia. It is located 132 km (82 mi) west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an urban population of 95,265 (2005). Toowoomba is Australia's second largest non-coastal city after the capital Canberra.
A university and cathedral city, Toowoomba hosts the Australian Carnival of Flowers each September, and Easterfest is held annually over the Easter weekend.
Toowoomba's colonial history traces back to 1816 when English botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham arrived in Australia from Brazil and in June 1827 discovered 4 million acres (16,000 km²) of rich farming and grazing land bordered on the east by the Great Dividing Range and situated 100 miles (160 km) west of the settlement of Moreton Bay. Thirteen years later when George and Patrick Leslie established Toolburra Station 56 miles (90 km) south-west of Toowoomba the first settlers arrived on the Downs and established a township of bark-slab shops...
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