In Our Backyard and Beyond - Our latest Publication

Our thanks to all the contributors for our latest volume about those who have been buried in not only our own Backyard but in other Cemeteries and Churchyards on the Downs. 

This is the sixth volume in the series.

The book is available in paper copy (stapled and bound) or on USB.

 200 pages, indexed, images.

 Cost $25

 Postage for the book is $15 (two copies can be posted together for the same price).

Postage for the USB is $4.

 Orders can be placed by email to tddfhs@westnet.com.au and paid for by electronic funds transfer. Copies can be bought in person Monday to Friday 10am to 3pm (cash preferred) at the research centre, 452 South St Harristown. 

Our Backyard Volume 5

 

Our Backyard Vol 5

In March 2021, we published the latest edition - Volume 5 of our popular series Our Backyard. For those who are not familiar with previous versions, they cover the stories and family backgrounds of various members of the the community who have been buried in the Toowoomba and Drayton Cemetery ( Our Backyard).

This volume also includes a list of those who have been described in previous volumes.

It has stories of over 150 people and is 162 pages long. Cost is $20

It's available as a book (plus $9.40 postage), USB or CD (postage $3.30).  

Men of Fire Iron and Leather

Our  Publication describes some of the Coachbuilders, Blacksmiths, Wheelwrights, Saddlers and Bootmakers who contributed to the early history of Toowoomba and the Darling Downs.

Similar in style to some of our previous publications with maps, photographs and other images. It is indexed.

More Details HERE

Price is $20.00 + $9.20 postage.

Email the Society if you wish to purchase a copy.

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Now Available - Squatters of the Eastern Darling Downs 1840-1900s

Our latest publication, by Dr Diana J Beal, Squatters of the Eastern Darling Downs 1840 -1900s

is now available to purchase from TDDFHS.

Orders are now being taken by contacting the society.

Price $20 + p &p $13.50

Contains over 200 pages of fascinating information about some of the original holdings [and their owners] of our region.

If you had connections to any of these early stations, this will make interesting and informative reading!

More details on OUR MAIN WEBSITE

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You can check out a .pdf file of the contents HERE

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.