[1] The site was established as a public park and recreational facility c.1906, on land donated by James Henry McConnel of Cressbrook.

[1] James' father, David Cannon McConnel, was the first European to settle in the Brisbane Valley, taking up the Cressbrook run in 1841.

They employed a contractor to build homes for their farmers; donated land for church purposes; and promoted a variety of district clubs, organisations and societies.

Their establishment of a recreational facility in the centre of town remains testimony to the family's genuine concern for community welfare.

[1] In 1919 a brass band was formed in Toogoolawah, and about this time a small bandstand, understood to have been provided by the McConnel family, was erected in the recreational ground.

It was crafted by Ipswich monumental masons Frank Williams & Co., who later supplied most of the First World War memorials in the district.

[1] A metal plate, honouring 15 local citizens who gave their lives in the Second World War, was attached to the memorial in 1955.

[1] Access is via a bitumen drive from the western end of Gunyah Street which encircles the sportsground around to the south west.

[1] The Scout hut is located in the south west and consists of a single- storeyed slab-on-ground building with fibrous cement sheeting and a corrugated iron gabled roof.

The Toogoolawah War Memorial is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of commemorative structures erected as an enduring record of a major historical event.

Toogoolawah War Memorial is important in exhibiting a range of aesthetic characteristics valued by the local community and those interested in commemorative structure design, in particular:[1] The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.

[1] The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.