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The story of Thomas Hobgen, WW2

LOCAL GROUPS for you to join

TOOWONG HISTORY GROUP
All Welcome. No membership or fee required

Thursday 2 October 2008 -

Where : Historic Library, Toowong State School, via Kate Street Toowong MAP
When: 7.00pm
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PATRICK BRIODY
WTCA Inc. is very sad that Patrick Briody - one of our great behind the scenes workers and stirrers - died suddenly on Saturday, 30th September. Our sympathies go to Sharon, Felicity, Amelia, Ned and Patrick's extended family. We will miss him a great deal.
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Grassroots Music Festival is being held at the Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens on Sunday 7 September 10.30am - 5.00pm.  With free entry, music for all ages, and drug and alcohol free, it makes it a wonderful day out for the entire family_____________________________________________

Community Vegetable Garden Group
Community Garden Project in Vera Street School grounds Vicki Liu, Membership Secretary
Phone: 3876 0747
Email: vicki_r_liu@yahoo.com.au
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Creek Group Working Bees
Held monthly at Brosely road rebahilitation sites,near the park, or near Kent Street. Contact Matt about the next working bee. All tools are provided but please bring your own sunscreen, hat and water. Enquiries to Matt Palmer. 0438 720 235

Friends of Toowong Cemetery Assoc.
Cemetery Walk - first Sunday of each month
10.30am under the flagpole

Toowong Cemetery website

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WTCA Inc. Next Meeting
Next meeting Sunday 18 October, 2008,
at 3 o’clock.

Venue:
Hoarders Old Wares, Collectables & Coffee
8 Bent Street, Toowong West
Tel: 3720 9436

Trading Hours: Tue-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm
Sat-Sun 10.00am-4.00pm
William Clarke - Proprietor

Meeting dates are third Sunday in even-numbered months (i.e. February, April, June, August, October)

WTCA Committee 2008-2009
President: Mark Leggett
Vice President: Sue Wickenden
Minutes Secretary: Mike Rowe
Treasurers: Marilyn England & Prue Firth
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Local federal member is: Michael Johnson
-3720 2599
Local state member is: Ronan Lee indooroopilly@parliament.qld.gov.au

Local Councillor is: Peter Matic
toowong.ward@ecn.net.au

PETITION You may have heard about a petition to make the current/former ABC site into community parkland. If this seems like a good idea to you, please go to the Ward office or Hoarders and sign the petition there.

Customer Relations telephone number for KMart.  Council staff and the general public can report any dumped trolleys on this number - 1800 061 562

The West Toowong Community Association Inc. is a group formed in 1999 to take actions that protect, maintain and enhance the social, architectural, environmental and visual amenity and character of the West Toowong area. The Association takes an active role in issues affecting the area. These may impact upon the built (that is, housing, streetscapes and so on), natural (green spaces, creeks, established trees) or social (public transport, pedestrian access, community building) environments. We have been involved in lobbying for upgraded services and amenities, drafting and writing submissions to State and local government level planning proposals and development applications, liaising with other community groups in surrounding suburbs and further afield, petitioning, working to rehabilitate the natural environment, and recording the area's history. In 2003, we published the book Toowong: A community's history. Dates and times for meetings of the Association, our History Group and Toowong Creek rehabilitation mornings are advertised on our website. Please visit the site for details of activities and to contact the Association: www.toowongwest.org.au


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