Cookies help us to understand how you use our website so that we can provide you with the best experience when you are on our site. To find out more, read our privacy policy and cookie policy.
Manage Cookies
A cookie is information stored on your computer by a website you visit. Cookies often store your settings for a website, such as your preferred language or location. This allows the site to present you with information customized to fit your needs. As per the GDPR law, companies need to get your explicit approval to collect your data. Some of these cookies are ‘strictly necessary’ to provide the basic functions of the website and can not be turned off, while others if present, have the option of being turned off. Learn more about our Privacy and Cookie policies. These can be managed also from our cookie policy page.
Strictly necessary cookies(always on):
Necessary for enabling core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. This cannot be turned off. e.g. Sign in, Language
Analytics cookies:
Analytical cookies help us to analyse user behaviour, mainly to see if the users are able to find and act on things that they are looking for. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. Tools used: Google Analytics
Social media cookies:
We use social media cookies from Facebook, Twitter and Google to run Widgets, Embed Videos, Posts, Comments and to fetch profile information.
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinEmail this link
Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is refurbishing the Soldiers Memorial Hall.
The Toowoomba Soldiers Memorial Hall is a Queensland State Heritage-registered building owned by Council . It was built primarily as a common facility for those from the Toowoomba district who had served and returned from the First World War. Given many from the Region who served did not return from active service, it also serves as a Shrine to the memory of those lives lost.
The idea of erecting a memorial hall in Toowoomba was first raised at a meeting of citizens and returned soldiers held at the Toowoomba Town Hall in 1918. A committee to co-ordinate fund raising and the construction of the hall was appointed in 1919.
It was anticipated that the committee would facilitate construction and furnishing of the hall, which would then be handed to the Town Council, for lease to the Toowoomba Branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia (R.S.S.I.L.A.) ‐ more commonly known as the RSL.
In the same year the Citizens' Memorial Hall Committee purchased the Ruthven Street land in preparation for construction.
The Memorial Hall was constructed in three stages;
Stage one between 1923 and 1924, which saw the construction the existing two-storey brick structure facing Ruthven Street,
Stage two between 1930 and 1931 was the two-level extension of the club rooms, and
Stage three between 1957 and 1959 saw the construction of the Community Assembly Hall, to be used for large social functions, lectures and public meetings.
The foundation stone was laid on ANZAC day, 25 April 1923 and the Soldiers Memorial Hall was officially opened on 5 September 1924
Over recent decades, the Soldiers Memorial Hall has seen declining use and the building requires much maintenance and repair. The current structure has been assessed as being in variable conditions but mostly structurally sound. A community consultation group has been formed to discuss topics including:
Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is refurbishing the Soldiers Memorial Hall.
The Toowoomba Soldiers Memorial Hall is a Queensland State Heritage-registered building owned by Council . It was built primarily as a common facility for those from the Toowoomba district who had served and returned from the First World War. Given many from the Region who served did not return from active service, it also serves as a Shrine to the memory of those lives lost.
The idea of erecting a memorial hall in Toowoomba was first raised at a meeting of citizens and returned soldiers held at the Toowoomba Town Hall in 1918. A committee to co-ordinate fund raising and the construction of the hall was appointed in 1919.
It was anticipated that the committee would facilitate construction and furnishing of the hall, which would then be handed to the Town Council, for lease to the Toowoomba Branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia (R.S.S.I.L.A.) ‐ more commonly known as the RSL.
In the same year the Citizens' Memorial Hall Committee purchased the Ruthven Street land in preparation for construction.
The Memorial Hall was constructed in three stages;
Stage one between 1923 and 1924, which saw the construction the existing two-storey brick structure facing Ruthven Street,
Stage two between 1930 and 1931 was the two-level extension of the club rooms, and
Stage three between 1957 and 1959 saw the construction of the Community Assembly Hall, to be used for large social functions, lectures and public meetings.
The foundation stone was laid on ANZAC day, 25 April 1923 and the Soldiers Memorial Hall was officially opened on 5 September 1924
Over recent decades, the Soldiers Memorial Hall has seen declining use and the building requires much maintenance and repair. The current structure has been assessed as being in variable conditions but mostly structurally sound. A community consultation group has been formed to discuss topics including:
