1.0Toowoomba Grammar Schoolhttps://www.twgs.qld.edu.auKND Supporthttps://www.twgs.qld.edu.au/author/kndsupport/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.twgs.qld.edu.au/our-school/history/">History</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.twgs.qld.edu.au/our-school/history/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“History” — Toowoomba Grammar School" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>Foundation Toowoomba Grammar School, one of the eight Grammar Schools of Queensland, was founded in 1875 under an Act of the Queensland Parliament known as the Grammar Schools’ Act 1860 (Qld). In short, the Act allowed for the establishment of a Board of Trustees to govern the School and, most importantly, it also allowed for the gazetting of Crown land on which the School was to be built. The land on which the School was built remains Crown land today under perpetual leases to the Board of Trustees. Original School Building The original school building, known as School House (a title it retains today), was completed in 1876. To fund the construction of School House, the Act allowed for the provision of a financial grant from the Colonial Government and for the calling of private subscriptions from local citizens. These generous citizens were mainly the graziers and farming families of the Darling Downs, and the professional and business people of Toowoomba. School […]https://www.twgs.qld.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/AerialPhoto1959-1024x764.jpg