Toowoomba Railway Station Air Raid Shelters

Public and Railway Employee Shelters

The Toowoomba railway station’s public air raid shelter, constructed of brick and concrete, is located on the west side of the car park outside the railway station building. There is also a smaller concrete shelter located on the northern platform near the honour board, which was designed for the use of railway employees.

Place information

Location

Toowoomba Railway Station, Railway Street

Toowoomba, QLD 4350

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Place type

Civil defence facility

History

In the Protection of Persons and Property Order No.1, gazetted 23 December 1941, Queensland’s Premier William Forgan Smith, with powers conferred by Regulation 35a, ordered the Brisbane City Council to construct 200 public surface shelters in the city area (235 were built). Another 24 local governments in Queensland’s coastal areas were ordered to produce surface or trench shelters for the public (135 non-trench shelters were built). A large number of businesses also built air raid shelters, as the owners of any building in the coastal areas where over 30 people would normally be present at any one time were required...

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