New Publication Available Now! Our Backyard Revisited

The Society is pleased to announce that our latest publication is now back from the printers.

Our latest publication, Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery:Our Backyard Revisited is available now from the Society.

This book contains the histories of almost 100 family groups. Some of these groups include as many as 10 family members. The publication is an A4 book containing 250 pages. The book includes many family photographs as well as monuments.

The book may be bought  during the society's opening hours, Monday to Friday 10am to 3pm, or by post. The cost is $30, and postage for 1 or 2 books together is $13.40.

You can download a copy of the contents pages HERE 

Roamin' Around Rockville

Roamin’ Around Rockville.

The recent publication by the Toowoomba and Darling Downs Family History Society, “Roamin’ Around Rockville”, explores the development of the Rockville suburb on the northern border of Toowoomba.

Rockville was first developed in 1901 as a residential area for the employees at the Willowburn Asylum, Willowburn Railways Workshops, and the Darling Downs Co-operative Bacon Factory, as well as other industries in the area.

This seventy-six page, fully indexed, book with photos, illustrations and maps looks at seventy local families, with chapters on the industries, businesses, hospitals, and schools within the Rockville area. It records the memories of the older residents who were interviewed for the project; further details of births, deaths, marriages, and occupations are also included for these families.

There is a chapter on the naming of the streets, and another on the aspects of the modern changing suburb.

Rockville was a close knit community, it was self sufficient, and it had its fair share of larrikins and hard working residents, traits that are still evident today.

The book is available from the Society for $20 AUD plus $3 postage in Australia.