City of Toowoomba

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City of Toowoomba Queensland
City CBD Looking South
Population:	86,094 (2001 census)
Established:	1904 (City status)
Mayor:	Dianne Thorley
Council Seat:	Toowoomba
Region:	Darling Downs, South East Queensland
State District:	Toowoomba North, Toowoomba South
Federal Division:	Groom
Website: http://www.toowoomba.qld.gov.au/
LGAs around City of Toowoomba Rosalie Crows Nest Gatton Jondaryan City of Toowoomba Gatton Jondaryan Cambooya Gatton

The City of Toowoomba is a Local Government Area in Queensland, approximately 150km west of Brisbane. The city consists largely of Toowoomba, but the last twenty years has seen the rapid growth of satellite towns and an expanding urban fringe in the surrounding largely rural shires.

Recently Toowoomba City Councillor Lyle Shelton has called for Toowoomba's boundaries to be expanded to encompass the area some refer to as "Greater Toowoomba".

Toowoomba City Council is responsible for a variety of services to the community, including the Municipal Library and the Toowoomba Art Gallery. The council restored and substantially funds The Empire Theatre.

The current mayor is Dianne Thorley, the 64th mayor.

In 2005 the Mayor proposed a controversial plan to recycle sewage into one of the dams to be used for drinking water. This project has not yet been approved by Council, nor has Federal government funding been approved.

[edit] Greater Toowoomba

Includes parts of:

• Shire of Jondaryan
• Gatton Shire
• Crows Nest Shire
• Cambooya Shire
• Rosalie Shire

[edit] External links

• Toowoomba.org - Everything Toowoomba
• Toowoomba Water