|
Toogong is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located in the Cabonne Shire local government area, west of the state capital, Sydney. At the , Toogong had a population of 370. Toogong was the birthplace of Hazelton Airlines, formed by Max Hazelton in 1953, now Regional Express.〔(Our Company - History - Hazelton ) REX website, accessed: 18 July 2012〕 Built in 1872, St. Albans Anglican church in Toogong is the oldest still existing church in the Canowindra district and National Trust listed. The church was built with the financial support of the Irvine family who had emigrated to Australia from Northern Ireland and had built an inn and post office at Toogong in 1863. Apart from being a house of worship it was also used for schooling. The two remaining Irvine brothers of the original five also erected a war memorial in the church grounds in 1924 to honour the men from the district who saw active war service.〔''Canowindra and district churches'', authors: Berna Wright, Gwen Wythes, Dorothy Balcomb, published: 1988, ISBN 0959897534〕 A school was operated at Toogong from 1922 to 1967 in a dedicated school house, now disused but still preserved.〔Memorial plaque at the Toogong school house, erected by the Canowindra & District Historical Society in 1980〕 Toogong was once a stop at the Cobb and Co stagecoach line from Orange to Forbes.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toogong, New South Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|