[1] Newtown is located immediately west of the Toowoomba city centre.

[citation needed] The area was the first outside the city centre to be subdivided for residential purposes in 1865.

[2] On 26 February 1899, the foundation stone for St Mary's College was laid by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane Robert Dunne.

[5][6] Glennie Memorial School was opened on 27 August 1908 by the Anglican Church.

Establishing schools had been a long-term ambition of Benjamin Glennie, the first Anglican priest on the Darling Downs, and he had raised funds for this purpose for many years, but had not achieved his aim before his death in 1900.

Glennie was highly respected by the community and the Anglican Synod continued with his fund raising campaign to establish a school to be named in his honour.

The school opened on 6 February 1940 operated by the Sisters of St Ursula.

[3] Clifford Park Special School opened in 1990 in Robb Street.