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Toowoomba cbd edificies

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November 20th 2007
Shopping in this heat sucks :-( ... as I had to rectify some things with my Commonwealth bank account in the central business district, I took the chance for an additional afternoon stroll in down-town Toowoomba; some parts of the city look really colonial, eg. the town hall or the Anglican church, (which I visited for making an appointment with the local church organist of one of few churches wi ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more