Toowoomba Technical College
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Hume Street side, 2014
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| Location | 124 Margaret Street, East Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°33′43″S 151°57′28″E / 27.562°S 151.9579°ECoordinates: 27°33′43″S 151°57′28″E / 27.562°S 151.9579°E |
| Design period | 1900 - 1914 (early 20th century) |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architect | Thomas Pye |
| Architectural style(s) | Classicism |
| Official name: Toowoomba Technical College (former), Southern Queensland Institute of Technical and Further Education (SQIT), Hume Street Campus | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600851 |
| Significant period | 1910s (historical) 1910s (fabric) 1910s-1990s (social) |
| Significant components | classroom/classroom block/teaching area |
 Location of Toowoomba Technical College in Queensland
Location of Toowoomba Technical College in Queensland
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Toowoomba Technical College is a heritage-listed former technical college at 124 Margaret Street, East Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Pye and built in 1911. It is also known as Southern Queensland Institute of Technical & Further Education (SQIT), Hume Street Campus. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The former Toowoomba Technical College, constructed in 1911, was purpose built for the provision of vocational education and training for the people of the Toowoomba and the Darling Downs region. Designed by the Department of Public Works employee, Thomas Pye, the building is a large two-storey brick structure and is a good example of the style of education facilities that government architect's were producing at the time.
Vocational education had been established in Toowoomba at least by 1898. Such education was in the form of the Toowoomba School of Arts. This building was substantially damaged by fire on 21 June 1898, an event that was reported in the Toowoomba Chronicle on 22 June 1898. Following the fire, the City Council decided that a new Town Hall should be built on the School of Arts site. The new Toowoomba City Hall, constructed in 1900, incorporated a public hall, municipal offices and chambers as well as rooms for a school of arts and technical college.
The Technical College remained in the City Hall until the construction of the new building in 1911. The site for the Toowoomba Technical College building, now known as Block A, was acquired in 1908 and the building was constructed in 1911, the foundation stone being laid by Sir William MacGregor, Governor of Queensland. The development of a purpose built Technical College in Toowoomba followed the formation of the Department of Public Instruction in 1905, established to centralise the control of technical education in Queensland. Prior to this, technical education in Toowoomba had been organised by local committees, often associated with the School of Arts. With the intervention of the Government, funding improved and a number of new purpose-designed buildings were constructed.
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